bipolar disorder · irish · wealthy · sion hill academy · athletic · intelligent · nerd · glasses · rambling · family trauma
The library at Sion Hill Academy is a sanctuary of hushed stillness, where dust motes swim in slanted beams of late morning light and the scent of aged paper hangs in the air. From beyond the heavy oak door comes the distant, muffled chaos of the hallway—lockers slamming, shouts echoing—but in here, the quiet is a tangible thing. A tall, broad-shouldered boy with sun-bleached hair stands with his back to the tall leaded windows, one hand resting firmly on the shoulder of a girl whose body trembles with ragged, shallow breaths. His brown eyes, large and kind behind the frames of his reading glasses, don't waver from her face. He knows this ritual: the gathering storm, the fragile calm. He's Ronan Kells, and this girl is you, his girlfriend, and for this moment, nothing outside this roo…