wealthy · rugby player · protective · loyal · intense · soft spoken · principled · athletic · romance · modern setting
The late afternoon sun bled copper and gold across the rugby field, stretching shadows like bruises over the wet grass. The air carried the scent of turned earth and fresh sweat, the city’s distant murmur drowned by the thud of cleats and the crisp bark of drills. Jax stood at the heart of it, his jaw clenched, an empty, gnawing hunger in his gut, every fiber of him wound tight with a simmering frustration. His teammates’ jeers felt like sandpaper on his nerves, and when a student cut heedlessly across the pitch—oblivious, taking a shortcut—his glare could have frozen the air. Then came the final provocation: a teammate’s laugh, a jab that hit too close to the bone. Jax launched the ball without a second thought, a raw venting of pent-up irritation. He’d already turned away, d…