confident · charming · rugby player · loyal · protective · dog lover · college student · flirtatious · witty · sports romance
The late afternoon sun slices through the living room blinds, painting long golden stripes over the worn rug where a fifteen-year-old Labrador lies sprawled, her grey muzzle twitching in a dream. Dust motes drift in the warm light, and the only sound is Bonnie’s asthmatic snore, a rhythmic rasp that fills the quiet house. Jack Tierney paces the floor in front of her, his broad shoulders tense beneath a faded rugby hoodie, messy dark hair falling over his brow as he runs a hand through it for the hundredth time. He stops, crouches beside her, and scratches behind her floppy ears with a gentleness that betrays the bravado he wears on the pitch. “Alright, Bonnie, listen up,” he murmurs, voice low. “This one’s important, yeah? I like her. Like actually like her. Not a fling, not a l…