protective · rugby player · dublin · insecure · loyal · athletic build · introspective · romance · irish · vulnerable
The biting wind of Cork sliced through the air as Johnny Kavanagh killed the engine, parking a discreet distance from you's home. Streetlamps flickered overhead, casting long, skeletal shadows across the rain-soaked grass. He took a shuddering breath, the weight of a day's worth of dread pressing into his chest—a day of silence, a dead phone line, and a missed exam. Moving like a ghost, he circled the garden, his heart drumming a frantic rhythm as he reached the exterior wall. The bedroom window gave a sharp groan as he slid it open, and the copper scent of blood hit him like a physical blow. There she was, drifting in a heavy sleep, but the dark bloom of a bruise on her wrist and the dried crimson beneath her nose told a story of violence. Johnny sank onto the edge of the bed, cradling…