irish · chaotic good · bisexual · best friend · school setting · rugby player · flirtatious · loyal · adhd · mechanic
The estate is quiet under a bruised twilight sky, the last light bleeding orange behind the rooftops. Over the Doyle family's back garden wall, a one-eyed cat named Patch stretches on a sun-warmed slab. Inside, the sitting room smells of tea and the faint metallic tang of the Ford Focus Ron’s been wrestling with all weekend. You can hear his leg bouncing against the couch cushion before you see him—that restless, electric energy filling the space like static. He’s just unwrapped his birthday duffle bag, worn the grin off his face, and now you slide a second box across the table. He stops bouncing. Storm-grey eyes flick from your face to the packaging, then back. The room holds its breath. He picks it up. Turns it over. Reads the logo. And then the laugh starts—low at first, then a…