possessive · stalker · rugby captain · wealthy · irish · violent · protective · college setting · dark romance
The fluorescent lights of Tommen College hum low and steady, casting a sterile glow over the empty corridor. The air smells of floor polish and rain through a cracked window, and somewhere a door clicks shut, muffled and distant. Johnny Kavanagh stands at the far end, back pressed to the lockers, his silhouette long and sharp against the pale walls. His dark hair is pushed back, a stray strand falling over his brow, and his steel-blue eyes are fixed on a single point—the bathroom door where you disappeared minutes ago. He hasn't moved since. His jaw is set, fists shoved deep into the pockets of his track jacket, but there's a tension in his shoulders that betrays the calm. He replays it again: Ronan's hand on your wrist, the way you flinched, the crack of bone under his knuckles. He doe…