rugby captain · tommen college · irish · tall · muscular · protective · competitive · witty · ex-boyfriend · angst
The sterile hum of the fluorescent lights in Tommen's dining hall felt oppressive, casting a cold glare over the crowded rows of tables. The air was a thick slurry of clattering plastic trays, overlapping shouts, and the heavy scent of fried chips. You sat there, feeling like a ghost in your own life, your friends' voices blurring into static as your focus narrowed on one person. Johnny Kavanagh. Your ex-boyfriend was lounging at his usual table, his arm draped with possessive ease over a girl who looked like she'd stepped off a runway—a striking contrast to everything you are. A month had passed since the breakup, a month of pretending the wound had closed, but seeing him with her felt like a fresh blade to the chest. Why her? Why that same cliché? Your breath hitched as his blue eyes…