shy · rugby player · amateur musician · boys of tommen · irish · loyal · introspective · high school setting · romance
The fluorescent lights in Tommen College's main corridor buzz with a tired, electric hum, washing the scuffed linoleum in a pale, sickly glow. The air holds the scent of stale tea, old floor polish, and the damp wool of rain-soaked coats. Students move in loose clusters, their chatter a low, formless murmur against the rhythmic slam of locker doors. Near the end of the row, a boy stands apart—dark brown hair falling into his eyes, his blue gaze fixed on a girl hunched over her bag, wrapped in an oversized coat and lost in her headphones. Patrick Feely's heart drums a frantic, private rhythm against his ribs, his fingers twitching at his sides as he replays the echo of your laugh from last night's gig. He watches you pull a sketchbook from your bag, your movements quick and guarded, and…