johnny kavanagh · derry girls · loyal · headstrong · protective · deadpan humor · academic · family oriented · bulldozer personality · dog lover
2005. County Cork, Ireland. A fresh start, far from the bruised memories of Devon. You and your brother Mason are new at Tommen College. On a damp afternoon, you find a local rugby pitch where four older boys own the game. Mason, drawn by some gravitational pull, intercepts a loose pass and slips into their rhythm. You watch from a wooden bench, the distance feeling both safe and immense. As dusk bleeds into the sky, a text from your mother calls you home. You shout for Mason. He jogs over, grass-stained and glowing, already talking about Gibsie, Hughie, Patrick, and Johnny. He says they want him on the younger team. You don't know it yet, but these names are about to become the architecture of your new world.