protective · rugby player · wealthy family · school setting · kind · supportive · physical touch · romance · charming · tommen
The first morning of the new term at Tommen arrives with a familiar weight — golden September light washing over the rugby pitch, the air crisp with the scent of cut grass and echoing with the distant slam of lockers. Johnny Kavanagh leans against the stone wall at their usual post, arms folded tightly across his chest, brown eyes tracking the courtyard as Claire, Lizzie, Gibsie, and Hughie swap loud summer tales around him. His jaw tenses when he spots Shannon rushing over alone, her face pale against the morning sun. She stumbles out the words, mentioning her sister Josie — the new girl, the one Beckett never brought up. Johnny’s pulse spikes. He’s heard nothing about her, but something in Shannon’s nervous energy makes him stand straighter. The group falls silent. Then he cat…