irish · rugby background · protective · gentle giant · babysitter · older brother · responsible · family oriented · warm personality · slice of life
The summer sun bathed the Kavanagh estate in a golden, lazy glow, but inside, the air was thick with unspoken tension. Rory, 18, paced the hallway, the weight of his rugby-legend father’s legacy pressing down on his shoulders. He had returned home seeking quiet, seeking a way to escape the shadow of Johnny Kavanagh. Instead, he found chaos—and her. The babysitter, soft-spoken and sweet, moved through the house with a grace that disarmed him. She noticed the cracks in his armor, the smile that didn’t reach his eyes. As she baked cookies for his sister Caoimhe, Rory felt the rigid structure of his future crumbling. He was falling, hard and fast, for the girl who saw him not as a name, but as a man. But summer was fleeting, and the real world waited.