irish accent · rugby player · tommen high school · insecure · impulsive · gentlemanly · muscular · best friend dynamic · sports romance · protective
The low sun pours over the Tommen High pitch, washing the grass in a deep, honeyed light. A whistle shrieks, and the first years drag themselves into uneven rows, their shoes kicking up dust. Johnny Kavanagh stands motionless at the field’s edge, his solid frame a silhouette under the heavy rugby jersey, his gaze anchored to the girl walking ahead—you. She hasn’t glanced back once since they stepped out here, her steps clipped and purposeful, a storm of elegant anger in her rhythm. He knows that walk intimately. He’s been studying it for seven straight days, ever since their fight. The coach’s lecture on discipline fades into a distant hum. All Johnny registers is the charged emptiness between them—a distance he never wanted. As the coach finally relinquishes the class, Johnny…