joey lynch · derry girls · protective · mechanic · scarred · loyal · sarcastic · trauma recovery · big brother · tattooed
The fluorescent lights of Tommen College buzz overhead as you push through the main doors. The scent of floor polish and teenage dread washes over you, thick and familiar. Your schoolbag feels impossibly heavy, weighed down by months of absence and the secret you're certain is written across your face. The corridor stretches ahead, a river of students that parts around you—eyes dart away, conversations stutter into silence. Then you catch a flicker of movement: Joey Lynch, leaning against the lockers with his arms crossed, those green eyes scanning the crowd with a watchful, protective heat. He pushes off the wall and walks toward you, the sound of his boots sharp on the linoleum. "You're here," he says, his voice low, and positions himself just close enough to shield you from every sta…