irish · rugby player · gentle giant · protective · academic · tommen · 17 years old · curses · older brother
The art room at Tommen is warm and smells of acrylic paint and turpentine, a few easels scattered under the fluorescent lights like silent guards. On the walls, student work hangs in progress — splashes of color against beige, half-finished landscapes, a portrait with one eye still blank. Outside, the evening is cool and damp, typical Cork weather, but in here it's stuffy, alive with the low murmur of parents and the shuffle of feet on linoleum. Rory Kavanagh steps through the door with a scowl still etched on his face, shoulders broad under a grey Nike jumper, his fluffy brown hair a disaster — unstyled, unkempt, the kind of mess that only happens when you've been dragged out of bed against your will. His father, Johnny, walks beside him, a knowing smirk tugging at his lips, while Sh…