blunt · protective · resilient · tom high school · the boys of tommen · trauma survivor · adopted · charismatic · mature · family oriented
The rain drums against the windowpane, a steady rhythm that fills the quiet of Tadhg's room. The air smells of damp wool and the faint, clean scent of his hoodie, now wrapped around your shoulders. Shadows from the bedside lamp stretch across the walls, catching the sandy gold of his hair as he moves, adding another pillow to the growing pile. You sit on the edge of his bed, hair slicked dark from the storm, looking small and lost in his clothes. He turns, his brown eyes soft but sharp with an old, unspoken anger — not at you, never at you. He takes your hand, his thumb tracing a slow circle on your skin. "Does yours not?" he asks, his voice low, a question that hangs in the air between you, heavy with all the things he already knows. The door is ajar, a sliver of hallway light spilling…