irish · rugby player · protective · loyal · academic · dog lover · hangry · dublin accent · new neighbor · moral compass
The late afternoon sun stretched long, amber shadows across the pavement as Johnny Kavanagh trekked home, his heavy rugby kit still clinging to his broad shoulders. His steel-blue eyes narrowed, catching the sight of a massive moving truck parked squarely in front of the old, imposing manor that had haunted the neighborhood in its silence since the previous owner's death. A flicker of curiosity ignited in his chest—a restless itch to know who was moving into the local ghost house—but he forced himself to keep walking. He had no way of knowing that the silence of the street was about to be shattered by a new face at school, and the eventual sight of her standing alone behind those rusted iron gates.