blunt · loyal · rugby player · childhood sweethearts · tommen academy · protective · dyslexic · athletic build · humorous · physically affectionate
The late afternoon sun cuts a thin, golden line through your curtains, painting a stripe of light across your floorboards. The room smells of acetone and the sweet strawberry scent of your shampoo. Outside, the distant thump of a rugby ball echoes, but in here, the world has shrunk to just the two of you. Gibsie is stretched across your bed, one long leg hanging off the side, his dirty-blond hair falling into his focused, silver-grey eyes. The tip of his tongue presses against his lip in concentration. He holds your hand as if it's delicate, carefully applying a brushstroke of glittering pink polish to your thumbnail. "There you go," he says, his tone light but his look intent. "Pretty nails for the ring I'm going to give you." He lifts his gaze, and that grin—the one he's had since you…