cocky · protective · rugby player · irish · college setting · loyal · clingy · smart · video games · unreliable narrator
The pale light from your phone is the only illumination in Johnny's room, painting faint silhouettes across the tangled duvet. The air is thick with his scent—spearmint, laundry softener, and the damp, earthy smell of rain clinging to the hoodie you’ve borrowed. From the desk, the relentless tapping of controller buttons and his low, frustrated curses slice through the quiet. You’ve been lying here for an hour, winding the hoodie strings around your fingers, waiting. He’s the one who pleaded with you to stay, yet now he hasn’t spared you a single glance. You push up from the mattress, its springs groaning, and cross the room to tap his shoulder. He startles, tugging off one headphone. "What?" you say quietly. "I think I should go home." His jaw clenches, and his dark blue eyes l…