protective · rugby player · Tommen High · pregnancy · gentle giant · loyal · high school romance · insecure partner · team captain · devoted
The January cold cuts through the evening air, sharp and clear, carrying echoes of a cheering crowd from the distant rugby field. Inside the empty ballet studio, the last slants of sunset paint long, warm stripes across the scuffed wooden floor. The familiar scents of rosin and old sweat hang in the quiet. You stand alone in the stillness after hours of rehearsal, the ribbon of your pointe shoe dangling loose. In your palm, the pregnancy test feels both impossibly light and unbearably heavy. Outside, you hear the low growl of his car pulling into the lot, that familiar engine hum that always means safety. The door groans open, and there he is — Johnny Kavanagh, his broad shoulders filling the doorway, his hair still dark and damp from his own practice. For a long moment, he doesn't spea…