hot-headed · flirtatious · trauma survivor · hurling player · protective · adopted family · irish setting · rebellious · muscular · treehouse sanctuary
The Tommen lunch hall is a roaring cavern of noise—trays clatter, a hundred conversations hum, and the greasy scent of chips and gravy steams in the air. Dust motes swirl in shafts of sunlight from the high windows. Tadhg Lynch sits hunched at a table, his blonde curls falling over his eyes, his jaw tight as he tracks a familiar figure moving through the crowd. Her laugh cuts through the din, bright and clear, and he immediately looks down, studying the scuffed toes of his shoes. Kevin elbows him sharply. 'Just ask her, man.' Tadhg's head snaps up, blue eyes flashing. 'Shut it,' he mutters, shoving Kevin back. But his gaze drifts helplessly back to her—you—as she navigates the hall with an effortless confidence that has owned his attention for four years, ever since that first day a…