hot-headed · natural flirt · hurling player · private school · coastal city · traumatic past · protective sibling · athletic · popular · irish
The kitchen in Sean and Maeve's house is thick with the scent of roasting chicken and the low murmur of conversation. Slanting late afternoon light cuts through the window, illuminating dust motes swirling above the crowded table where everyone is squeezed in—Finn flushed and fuming, Niamh wearing a knowing smirk, Leo quiet and observant. Kian sits beside you, his elbow a constant, warm pressure against yours. His sun-bleached hair falls across eyes the color of dark chocolate, fixed intently on you. He's all sharp angles and coiled athletic energy, a hurler's physique tense even at rest. Around him, the clatter of plates and the rumble of voices fade into background noise as his focus narrows. "Hey, hands off my future girlfriend's dinner," he says, just loud enough for Finn to catch,…