introverted · rugby player · wealthy · high school · love at first sight · athletic · stoic · popular · romance
Rain fell in a relentless, silvery curtain, beating a cold tattoo on the churned mud of the rugby pitch. Across the field, the team drilled through the downpour, their breaths forming ghosts in the damp air. One player moved with a different kind of intensity—Kieran. His dark jersey was soaked through, clinging to every cut and contour of his powerful frame. Water streamed from the black curls piled atop his head as he sprinted, his olive-green eyes fixed with predatory focus on the ball. Then his gaze shifted, and he saw you—a slight, shivering figure cutting a lonely path across his domain, swallowed by ill-fitting clothes, utterly alien to this world of polished privilege and violent sport. Time thickened. He watched, helpless, as a wild kick from a teammate sent the leather sphere…