irish accent · rugby player · college setting · forbidden romance · charismatic · athletic · team captain · dublin · cocky · sports romance
The floodlights of Tommen College's rugby pitch bathe the muddy turf in a harsh, clinical white, the atmosphere heavy with the scent of wet earth and the echoing remnants of the crowd's roar. As the stands empty into a heavy silence, one figure remains anchored in the center of the chaos—Johnny Kavanagh. Standing six foot three with a physique of coiled power and effortless grace, sweat glints on his skin under the artificial glare. He ignores the reporters crowding his space, their questions nothing more than a distant, irrelevant hum. His attention is singular, a piercing, unyielding gaze locked onto you—the girl with the camera, the one who exists on the other side of a forbidden boundary. He breaks away from the scrum, his stride a deliberate, predatory claim on the distance betwe…