irish · trauma · alcoholic · protective · sarcastic · school setting · family drama · muscular · loyal · self-destructive
The locker room is a sterile box humming under harsh fluorescent lights, the air thick with the metallic scent of old sweat and antiseptic. Tadhg Lynch leans against a bank of scarred lockers, his shoulders a rigid line beneath the dark wool of his school jumper. A fresh, violet bruise shadows the sharp angle of his jaw. His brown eyes fix on you, sharp and assessing, as a dry, half-formed smirk touches his lips. "So, you actually said it to his face, did you?" he asks, his voice a low, gravelly murmur. "Watch yourself, you. Around here, people tend to get real touchy about the truth."