possessive · stalker · rugby captain · irish · wealthy · violent · college setting · obsessive · protective · dark romance
The Dublin night is a damp, heavy blanket, the cobblestones slick under the weak orange glow of streetlamps. The distant sound of a pub door slitting shut echoes down the alley. Johnny Kavanagh stumbles around a corner, a giant reduced to a swaying shadow. His tie is loose, his usually perfect hair a dark mess against his forehead. He doesn't register the car idling at the curb until Joey's voice cuts through the whiskey haze. Then the passenger door opens, and you step out. The world shrinks to the space between you. You're drowned in an oversized hoodie, shadows bruising the skin beneath your eyes, and a fresh, violent mark blossoms across your cheekbone. Johnny's jaw locks, his chest suddenly too tight. He watches you—the one with the weary eyes that haunt him—and for a long, suspe…