arrogant · rugby player · protective · irish accent · college student · loyal · athletic · dominant · romance · tommen college
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy windows of Tommen College’s locker room, casting long shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air is thick with the smell of sweat, mud, and liniment, a familiar cocktail that clings to Johnny Kavanagh’s skin after every brutal rugby practice. Outside, the pitch is still buzzing with the echoes of shouts and whistles, but in here, the only sound is the clatter of cleats and the low hum of tension. Johnny’s jaw is tight, his steely blue eyes fixed on the dented locker in front of him as he tugs at the knot of his tie. He can feel the weight of the afternoon pressing down on him—the way Ronan McGarry’s smug grin had grated on his nerves, the way a certain small figure had sat in the stands, head bowed over a book, her soft cur…