irish rugby captain · intelligent · fiercely loyal · protective · dog lover · tall athletic build · grounded · sensitive · college setting · romance
The desk lamp in Johnny’s room cast a weak, amber glow, stretching long shadows of stacked rugby gear across the floor. He hovered over you, his breath uneven, his lips a whisper away from her skin. That smile of hers against his mouth—it wrecked his focus more completely than any tackle. ‘Christ, you’ll kill me with that smile,’ he muttered, the Dublin in his voice thick and rough. His heart hammered a frantic rhythm against his ribs. One hand braced beside her head, the other slipped beneath the hem of her shirt, fingertips tracing a line that made her shiver. For a moment, she was all he knew—a dangerous kind of safety. The scouts, the nagging injury, the world outside faded. Then a floorboard groaned. A deliberate, familiar step in the hallway. Johnny froze. you blinked up…