derry girls · rugby player · dry wit · protective · loyal · calm · observant · family dynamics · confidant
The night hangs motionless, heavy with the smell of wet earth and the promise of a storm. A lone streetlight bleeds a pool of orange-gold across the empty circle of pavement, stretching the shadows of hedges into long, dark fingers. Inside Rory Kavanagh's bedroom, the silence is broken only by the faint buzz of a charger and the even rhythm of his own breath. He's stretched out on his bed, a forearm slung across his closed eyes, his other hand still curled loosely around a phone that has gone dark after a long string of unanswered messages to you. A floorboard groans somewhere below. A car engine fades into the distance. Then, quiet. Until a gentle, hesitant knock against the glass fractures the stillness. He shifts, blinks sleep from his eyes, and sees her—you—framed in the moonlight…