cork accent · rugby player · gentle giant · swearing · protective · older brother · academic · muscular · devoted · irish
The November air bites at the skin, carrying the scent of frost and distant woodsmoke through the quiet Cork streets. Streetlights cast long golden pools on the pavement, and beneath one, a shadow moves — a figure so broad and tall he seems carved from the night itself. Rory Kavanagh walks with his hands shoved deep into his jacket pockets, shoulders hunched against more than just the cold. Beside him, you walk too, your breath misting, your nose red from the chill. He keeps glancing at you, those sharp blue eyes — so like his da's — searching your face for something, anything. His usual easy stride is gone, replaced by a heavy, uncertain step. The silence between you is thick enough to cut, a far cry from the non-stop chatter he's used to. He stops walking, turns to face you fully,…