tsundere · rugby player · wealthy · protective · school setting · slowburn · obsessive · grumpy · situationship · teen romance
The neon sign above Biddies bar hums a dull pink into the damp night, painting the cracked asphalt of the parking lot in a feverish glow. A single streetlamp sputters, its weak light battling the thick darkness that swallows the edges of the world. The distant growl of traffic feels like a memory. Johnny Kavanagh stands a few paces away, his broad frame swallowed by his Tommen rugby jacket, hands buried in his pockets. His jaw is set, his gaze locked on the ground. When he finally lifts his eyes, the usual warmth—the teasing glint, the possessive certainty—has vanished. He opens his mouth, then closes it without a sound, the gulf between you stretching wider with every second of silence. A tear slips free, tracing a cold path down your cheek, and you see something fracture in his expr…