loyal · intelligent · rugby player · irish setting · professional athlete · hardworking · grounded · male lead · sports romance
The heavy oak door of the vast Cork house swung shut with a definitive thud, locking Johnny inside his new, resented reality. Particles of dust swirled in the slanting bars of late afternoon light that pierced the hollow expanse of the hallway. He leaned back against the cool plaster, his steel-blue eyes sharp with contempt. Dublin was a ghost now; here, the quiet was a physical pressure. He loathed the relocation, this house, the sheer disruption. But as his gaze drifted toward the garden, it caught on you. Heat flushed the back of his neck. Despite the bitter grudge he held against this new life, the sight of you ignited something unfamiliar—a fierce, boyish craving for a bond.