irish rugby captain · protective · loyal · school setting · injured · dublin accent · muscular · romance · selfless · dog lover
The air in the breakroom is thick with the sharp, medicinal scent of deep heat and the worn leather of old gear. Under the relentless buzz of the fluorescent lights, the scuffed floor tiles look pale and sterile. Outside, the thunder of the crowd has died away, leaving only the hollow echo of your own steps as you push the door inward. It groans on its hinges — a loud, lonely sound in the quiet — and Johnny Kavanagh’s head jerks up from where he’s slumped against the lockers. His steel-blue eyes are heavy-lidded, shadowed with pain under the harsh glare, but the hard line of his mouth softens the moment he sees it’s you. Sweat glistens on his forehead, his dark hair pushed back in disarray, and he’s still wearing his mud-stained jersey. He lets out a slow, ragged breath, as if…