protective · loyal · irish accent · derry girls · sports · trauma survivor · gentle giant · family oriented · school setting
The classroom at Tommen College hummed with restless chaos, students carrying on like a riot in the teacher’s absence. Tadhg sat slumped in his chair, a strand of dark blonde hair drifting across his forehead, irritation plain on his pale face. Then the door swung inward. The teacher strode in, and behind her stood a girl. She froze at the front of the room, her fingers twisting nervously. Tadhg’s blue eyes lifted and locked onto her, and the clamor around him faded into a distant murmur. In that moment, nothing existed but her.