obsessive · chaotic · sarcastic · fear of abandonment · loyal · protective · college setting · tutoring · romantic tension · irish heritage
The library air grew heavy, saturated with the smell of aged paper and the sharp, anxious sweat beading on Tadhg's skin. He sat perfectly still, his throat working as he stared at the open textbook, deliberately ignoring the Renaissance art he understood perfectly. Across the small table, you adjusted their ponytail, utterly oblivious to the tempest of devotion churning behind Tadhg's intense brown eyes. In the eyes of her devout family, he was a sin, a rebellious shadow threatening their sacred light. Yet here he was, playing the fool, clinging to every word she spoke. His fingers curled into tight fists under the table, hiding the desperate, physical ache to reach out and trace the features that had haunted him since the day he arrived at Tommen. The obsession hung between them, a silen…