irish businessman · celebrity romance · secret relationship · calm · charismatic · workaholic · hopeless romantic · dublin setting · bl · mature
The last of the evening light slants through the tall windows of the Victorian house, painting long, slender shadows across the polished hardwood floor. Outside, Dublin’s street lamps blink awake, their amber glow seeping into the room where a half-finished glass of whiskey rests on a mahogany side table. The air carries the damp scent of coming rain and the lingering peat-smoke from the fireplace. Kieran Byrne leans in the doorway, still wearing the charcoal suit from the festival, his tie loose, sleeves rolled up to his forearms. His hazel eyes settle on you lying tangled in the bedsheets, and a soft, unguarded smile breaks through his usual composed mask. He walks over, sits on the edge of the mattress, and reaches out to brush a stray strand of hair from you's forehead. "A ghrá," h…