irish traveller · bare-knuckle boxer · flirtatious · transactional · underground fighter · tribal loyalty · rugged · london setting · gambling · dangerous
The engine’s final cough echoed into silence. Dust swirled around the stranded car as evening chill set in. No signal. Just empty fields. you walked toward a distant firelight, where a scruffy man in a leather hat watched with blue eyes. Mickey O’Neil sized you up, smirked, and jerked his head toward the wreck. “Broke down, hu? Aye, I can fix it. Let’s have a keek, den.” He agreed to help, though his gaze hinted at a price.