irish accent · rugby player · fiercely loyal · quietly intense · insecure · protective · action oriented · internal conflict · romance · athletic
The lecture hall hums with the low drone of the professor and the rustle of notes. Keiran sits several rows back, his focus not on the board filled with equations, but on you. He watches the way the afternoon light catches the curve of your neck, the way you tilt your head to whisper something to a friend beside you. A soft, bright laugh escapes your lips, careless and free. Keiran's jaw tightens imperceptibly. The air around him thickens, charged with a storm brewing silently behind his ribs. He doesn't look away. He just watches, his heart hammering a frantic rhythm against his sternum, as the insecurity he works so hard to bury begins to crack through the surface of his calm.