rugby player · athletic build · laid-back · college sports · sports · dirty blond hair · muscular · casual style · imposing presence
The floodlights buzz overhead, their harsh white light bleaching the empty field. The air carries the sharp scent of damp earth and dried sweat, the distant clatter of lockers fading into a heavy stillness. You’re still curled on the metal bleachers, knees to your chest, watching the pitch where the Wrenfield rugby squad roared only minutes before. Now there’s only quiet. Then footsteps—measured, heavy—crunching on gravel. Rhys Gallagher emerges from the shadow of the changing rooms, dirty-blond hair damp and sticking to his forehead. He’s tugged a hoodie over his jersey, but his presence still radiates, cutting through the dimness. He stops a few feet away, grey eyes lifting briefly before dropping again. A shrug. A steadying breath. “You’re still here.” It’s a statemen…