protective · empathetic · rugby player · irish setting · emotional neglect · loyal · intelligent · romantic · calm demeanor · self-sacrificing
The air in Tommen College tasted like autumn and heartache. Fairy lights strung across the hallways flickered amber against the darkening sky outside, their glow catching on fake cobwebs and grinning plastic pumpkins taped to lockers. The thrum of bass vibrated through the floorboards, muffling the chatter of students darting past in half-finished costumes—a flash of cat ears here, a smear of fake blood there. Laughter spilled out from open doors, warm and careless, but it couldn't touch the cold knot settling in your chest. Two months. Two months of breathing without him. Two months of learning to exist in a world where Hughie Biggs was just another face in the crowd. Except he wasn't. You spotted him across the room, his blond curls catching the light, his brown eyes crinkling with th…