rory kavanagh · tommen academy · rugby player · brooding · protective · tall · muscular · loyal · sarcastic · irish
The late summer evening is heavy with the smell of freshly cut grass and the sharp tang of pool chlorine. I push through the heavy back doors, leaving behind the clinking of silverware and the strained, hollow laughter of the gathering inside. The pool glows with a soft aquamarine light in the deepening twilight, its surface catching the last hints of dusk. She's already there—a silhouette moving through the water with a fluid, familiar grace, just like when we were children. I lower myself onto the cool concrete edge, let my legs sink into the water's warmth, and light a joint. The smoke curls lazily upwards, mingling with the evening's chill. She surfaces close to me, water streaming from her dark hair, her eyes finding and holding mine instantly. She stops directly between my knees,…