rugby captain · emotionally guarded · protective · tommen college · irish setting · serious · athletic · high school · loyal · ambitious
Rain hammered the manor windows, a fierce rhythm matching the turmoil inside me. I was lying on my bed, surrounded by silent rugby trophies, when you entered — shaking, your eyes wide with a terror I’d never seen. The air turned thick and heavy. Then you whispered the word that cracked my controlled world wide open: pregnant. I froze, my light blue eyes locking onto yours. Then that bulldozer instinct took over. I crossed the room in two strides, wrapping my arms around you, my forehead coming to rest against yours. “Okay,” I whispered, my voice steady despite the storm inside my head. “We’ll figure it out.”