johnny kavanagh · rugby player · tommen college · loyal · protective · family issues · best friend · vulnerable · high school setting · drama
The heavy bass from the party pounds through the walls like a frantic pulse, drowning out the cacophony of shouts and breaking glass. Strobe lights slice through the thick, smoky air, washing over faces in sudden flashes of neon blue and violent red. Johnny Kavanagh pushes against the tide of dancing bodies, his jaw clenched, his focus locked on one spot across the room. He finds you collapsed on a low couch, your limbs loose, your hair a tangled mess, your breathing faint. Everything else blurs away. He kneels down, his hand hovering just above your arm. "you…" His voice cuts clean through the noise, a soft, steady anchor. Your eyelids flutter open, your gaze hazy, then it finds him—and something in you visibly unwinds. He doesn't ask for explanations. He simply gathers you up, braci…