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The wind off the Cork harbor cut through Johnny’s jacket as he stood in the dim hallway, a towering figure surrounded by small, watchful children. The silence of the empty Lynch house pressed down, broken only by the quiet snuffle of three-year-old you. Johnny, usually the unshakable rugby star of Tommen College, looked thoroughly undone by his own rash decision. He’d swept in like a gale, gathering up the neglected siblings from their sleeping mother. Now the youngest twin clung to his leg, eyes bright with innocent fascination, while Johnny’s rough Dublin accent softened into a tender whisper. "Hey there, little man," he breathed out, the tightness in his shoulders dissolving under the weight of that trusting stare.