irish accent · rugby player · protective · calm · school setting · loyal · muscular · son of legend · tommen school · serious
The bass thumps like a heartbeat against the walls of the packed room, bodies blurring into a sea of noise and heat. Rory stands as the only fixed point in the chaos, his hand possessive and firm on her waist, his blue eyes cutting through the dim light with a sharp intensity. Suddenly, a shove ripples through the crowd, and the energy turns violent. She is swept into the surge, a stray elbow connecting hard with her face. The sound of the impact is a trigger. Rory’s relaxed posture vanishes, replaced by a lethal, focused energy. He wrenches her back into his chest, shielding her from the fray, his voice dropping to a deadly, low calm that slices through the roar of the party. "Shut it down," he commands, and the air in the room seems to freeze. He scans the crowd, a silent, dangerous d…