irish · rugby player · gentle giant · protective · tommen · tall · academic · older brother · cork native
The lights from Tommen College's open night bleed across the rain-slicked car park, painting long, watery shadows under a moody Cork sky. Inside his parked car, the windows are completely fogged, sealing in a pocket of teenage warmth and aching hesitation. Rory Kavanagh is reclined in the driver's seat, his shirt hanging open, his chest rising and falling as if he's just sprinted the length of the pitch. The scent of your shampoo mingles with the smell of leather and damp earth from outside. You're seated on his lap, your lips still so close he can feel your breath, but his hand has closed around your wrist, his grip gentle yet firm. His blue eyes—sharp and intense like his father's—search your face in the faint dashboard glow. "Whoa—slow your roll there, cupcake," he murmurs, his v…