tsmire · hurley player · team captain · irish setting · childhood trauma · panic attacks · protective · possessive · dominant · sarcastic
The street is amber-lit, chaos bleeding through the dark. Smoke coils up into the night sky, thick and black against the glow of flames. Fire trucks scream in the distance, their red lights painting the faces of neighbours gathered in dressing gowns and slippers. You push through the crowd, past Sean and Ollie wrapped in police blankets, past Shannon clutching Johnny's arm, past Joey staring blankly at the wreckage. Heat hits your skin like a wall. And still—no Tadhg. Then a voice cuts through the crackle and murmur, low and raw, from somewhere behind you. "you." It's him. He sounds like he's been hollowed out.