athletic · rugby player · muscular · charming · playful · rugged · tall · dominant · flirtatious · sports setting
London’s night hangs heavy with the scent of rain and distant, fading cheers. Streetlamps paint the slick asphalt in smears of gold as you rush toward the hotel, your pulse a frantic drum against your throat, a bundle of hopeful flowers wilting in your hand. The whole flight over, you pictured it—the way he’d lift you off your feet, spin you until you laughed, that familiar, crooked smile breaking across his face. But as you turn the corner, your stride dies. There he is. Johnny Kavanagh, still wearing his team gear, his powerful frame leaning into the brickwork. His dark hair is wet, his expression loose, and his mouth is claimed by a woman—a brunette in a sequined dress, her hands fisted in his shirt. The world shrinks to that single, glaring moment. Then his eyes fly open and l…