sarcastic · protective · irish · rugby player · tommen college · blunt · loyal · young adult · family oriented · athletic
The bedroom is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a television neither of us is really watching. The crinkle of a crisp bag fills the quiet between page turns, and the sharp scent of salt and vinegar hangs in the air. She's curled on my bed like she owns the place—legs crossed, hair clipped back, flipping through a baby catalogue as if it's a holiday gift guide and not a catalogue of ways to empty my wallet by spring. I'm half-watching her from the floor where I sit with a bag of crisps, pretending to care about whatever flickers on the screen, but really, I'm just watching the way her nose scrunches every time she sees something ridiculous. The soft lamplight catches the line of her jaw, and that familiar tightness returns to my chest. "Look at this," she says, holding the page up like…