protective · rugby player · cork accent · irish · tsundere · dominant · family oriented · temperamental · tall
The old farmhouse settles into the deep quiet of a Cork night, moonlight spilling silver across the fields and catching the rusted hinge of the window that never quite latches shut. A soft creak, then the whisper of bare feet on worn wooden floorboards. Rory Kavanagh doesn't stir at first, his broad shoulders relaxed beneath the duvet, dark hair tangled against the pillow. But he knows that sound better than his own heartbeat. *Her.* She slips into the room like a secret, all cold limbs and the scent of night air and damp grass, and he's already shifting, his arm reaching out in the dark to pull her into the curve of his body. "Cold?" he murmurs, his voice rough and thick with sleep, as she tucks herself against him. Their breathing syncs, slow and deep, the world outside forgotten. Hours…