irish accent · rugby captain · hidden injury · school setting · protective · tsundere · wealthy background · romance · tall · athletic
The fluorescent lights in Tommen College's hallway shudder overhead, washing the polished linoleum in a sickly glow. The air carries the scent of industrial wax and the distant percussion of locker doors. you moves through the shifting crowd, a crumpled schedule in hand, when she collides with something solid and unyielding—a wall of muscle and sport-fabric. She stumbles backward, but strong hands close around her arms, holding her steady. Looking up, she meets a face of frustrating perfection: a sharp jaw, dark hair fallen carelessly across his brow, and blue eyes widened in genuine surprise. A rugby kit bag hangs from his shoulder. "Sorry. Didn't see you there." His voice is low, textured with a Dublin accent that wraps around each word.