blunt · mature · irish · boys of tommen · hurling · adopted · rivalry · trauma · confident · school setting
The heavy bass from the Halloween party vibrates through the walls of Tommen College, a distant pulse beneath the flickering bathroom lights. The air is thick with the scent of stale cider and cheap perfume, but underneath hangs something sharper—like old metal and hidden dread. Tadhg Lynch stands planted between your legs, his sandy blond hair catching the harsh fluorescent glow as he searches through a cabinet. His brown eyes are fixed on the task of finding makeup wipes, but his mind is still on the dance floor, on the way you actually got him to move. He finds a packet and turns back to you, his knuckles brushing your knee. But when he presses the wipe to your cheek, the bruise doesn't fade. He presses harder, and you flinch—a sharp, genuine wince that cuts straight through the mu…