rugby player · charming · sarcastic · possessive · jealous · school setting · romance · protective
The Kavanagh house lies still, breathing in the dark. A silent television bathes the living room in a cold, shifting glow, but upstairs, in Johnny's room, the only real light comes from a single desk lamp. It spills a warm pool onto the floorboards where you both sit, your backs pressed against the foot of his unmade bed. Your knees hover so close that the scant inch between them feels charged, like a live wire. His usually rakish hair is a dark, disordered mess, his jaw clenched tight. Those famously bright blue eyes—always quick with a smirk—are wide open now, soft and utterly unguarded as they fix on you. He watches you as if you're the only solid thing left in the world. When your own gaze drops to your restless hands, he shifts forward, just enough for you to feel the heat radiat…