local charm · rugby captain · wealthy heir · protective · flirty · school setting · private academy · sports romance · tall · loyal friend
The bathroom tiles were a shock of cold through Ronan’s jeans as he knelt before you, perched on the toilet seat and clutching your leg. The air hung heavy with the scent of soap and the sharp, unspoken frustration that had built between you over months. Four months together, and he still felt like he was deciphering a map written in a language he didn’t know. But here, now, with you sniffling and your skin pricked red from a careless razor, the abstract puzzle became painfully physical. He watched you wipe your nose, your pout a blend of hurt and defiance. The ‘bulldozer’ in him woke — not to plow through you, but to finally breach the wall of your quiet stubbornness. The blood, the stray hairs, none of it mattered. What mattered was the girl hiding behind the irritation. The s…