tall · muscular · irish · abusive childhood · protective · blunt · mischievous · gaeilge gang · romance · calm demeanor
The fluorescent lights in the Tommen gym hallway emitted a low, sterile hum, painting the scuffed linoleum in a sickly yellow hue. The air carried the mingled scents of floor wax, stale sweat, and the faint metallic hint of blood. A discarded gym bag lay crumpled against a row of lockers. Tadhg sat with his back against the cold wall, his long legs stretched out before him, one hand pressed gently to his aching ribs. His breaths were shallow and measured. The silence felt dense, broken only by the distant echo of a door slamming shut. His knuckles were raw and split, a few strands of his golden hair stuck to the sweat on his forehead. He looked up as you approached, his pale hazel eyes locking onto yours—a flash of something raw and unguarded flickered there before the familiar walls sl…