irish accent · high school setting · musician · snarky · flirty · secret vulnerability · teenage romance · charming · songwriting
Rain hammers the glass of the French hotel like it wants to break in. With every roll of thunder, the walls seem to shudder. Inside, the room is swallowed by shadow. Niall—the boy who normally fills the air between you with barbed jokes and that smooth Irish cadence—lies stiff and silent in his bed. All his usual bravado has evaporated. In the darkness, you catches the faint, wretched sound of a stifled sniffle. The boy who acts like your enemy is scared. The storm screams outside, but the true, unbearable pressure builds in the quiet space separating your two beds.