Tadhg Lynch is fire and silence. With a brutal past and a father who taught him fear behind closed doors, Tadhg wears his trauma like armor - sharp, defensive, and unreadable. Nightmares chase him, trust eludes him, and peace is something he's convinced he'll never earn. He recognizes pain the way others recognize faces - fast, instinctively. Especially in her. Ciara Bellemore is light dimmed too soon. Graceful and polite on the outside, she hides bruises beneath long sleeves and hope beneath whispered prayers. With a mother fading from illness and a home filled with silence and control, Ciara clings to the only comfort she knows: angels, feathers, and a belief in something better. When they collide, it's friction and fire. She thinks he's arrogant and angry. He thinks she's fake and fragile. But pain recognizes pain - and slowly, behind the bickering and glares, a quiet understanding grows.

Joey Lynch doesn't know safety. With his father drunk and throwing fists any chance he gets, and his mother is always somewhere else mentally, Joey never got to be a kid. He swore to protect his siblings after his older brother, Darren, left. Joey is always ready to throw a punch to protect his own. He never knew love, that is apart from the pretty blonde neighbour girl he's got ever since they were in nappies, Ember Holland. Ember Holland grew up in the world of drugs and violence. Daughter to the one and only Shane Holland, the notorious drug dealer, life was tough. Her and her brothers were sent on missions like dogs and workers, killing, dealing, anything they were asked to do. She's fiery and always up to throw fists. But a certain blonde boy from next door melts her cold heart.

'Im scared Tadgh' 'I know angel im on my way' 'I think I will always love you even if i tried not to' 'My heart will forever be yours please don't give it back' Tadgh Lynch x FemOC Ballylagin Ireland 2011