Keegan, Callum, Lennon, Maidhc, Lux, and James were placed in foster care pretty young and grew up all apart. Now, the 6 Kenney children are all growing up, barely knowing what's going on with each other. With minimal connection to her family, Lux is more than used to looking out for herself. She can do so easily, with quick fists, quicker wits, and a long hurley. Lux is moody and agitated-unused to being cared for or watched-and feels suffocated underneath the weight of the extra attention given to her by a blonde-haired hurler across the pitch. Tadhg Lynch has always been attracted to blondes. When he encounters pretty, seemingly tortured camogie player Lux Kenney on the fields, he is smitten from the get-go, but gets the inkling-when she smacks him with a hurley for suggesting a fight with her brother-that she might be harder to win than he thought.

Niamh Lynch tries not to be angry. While her older brother and sister feel the weight of their situation on their shoulders every moment of the day, Niamh chooses to be gentle. She's always been sweet, even in the face of a terrible secret she keeps about her father. Owen Gibson is nothing like his brother. With a dead twin and a father he can't remember, Owen has only known tragedy since before he was in primary school. After being a "depressed loner" for his entire life, with a single friend in the world, he finally hangs with his brother's rugby-obsessed friends, including one with a bright-eyed younger sister that makes him want to spill all of his secrets.

IN WHICH: TADHG LYNCH X LEAH DALY Tadhg Lynch is a boy lost in borrowed belonging, drowning in sleepless nights, too-tight blazers, and the kind of silence that presses on your chest like a stone. He survives by vanishing, one grade, one breath, one heartbeat at a time. Leah Daly is a ghost in her own life, perfect on paper, hollow beneath. Grief built her a cage, and her father locked the door behind her when her mother died. They were never meant to meet, let alone matter to each other. But in the wreckage of everything they can't say, they find something like peace, sharp-edged, forbidden, and quietly life-saving. Started: June 5th, 2025 ‼️Y'ALL I'VE WRITTEN "TADGH" INSTEAD OF "TADHG" THROUGHOUT ACT 1 AND ACT 2 I'M SORRY

Tadgh Lynch is angry, angry at the world. It seems the rest of his siblings have forgotten the hurt of their past, let it go. But he can't forget, his father haunts him, has been haunting him for years and he's losing hope that he'll ever be free of Teddy Lynch. Maeve Holland is desperatly searching for the will to live. Her older brother hates her, her mothers dead, her dads as good as dead and life isn't looking like it's going to get better any time soon, but then she meets him. An angry boy who changes everything.

Aeliana (AYE-LEE-AH-NA) Holland, the little sister of the drug dealer Shane Holland. Aeliana and Shane's parents died from a unexpected accident. So Shane was now Aeliana's legal Guardian. Shane has always been a good brother and Guardian to Aeliana until he got into drugs and dealing. Ever since then, Shane has been intimidating and domestic to Aeliana. In the same instance of Shannon Lynch, Aeliana had to be transferred to Tommen due to bullying and other reasons. Because of that, Shane has been more Domestic to Aeliana, due to lack of money and other problems. Aeliana was scared she wasn't going to fit in. Until a beautiful girl showed her that she doesn't need to fit in. Viola Kasette was the girl who showed Aeliana the beautiful in the world and showed her the boy she would soon fall in love with. Tadgh Lynch.

He didn't believe in second chances. She didn't believe in people. Tadgh Lynch had spent most of his life angry. Angry at his father. Angry at himself. Angry at a world that didn't stop burning even after everything he loved had already gone up in smoke. Now sixteen, living under someone else's roof, wearing the number 11 stitched into the back of his jersey, he was still trying to outrun a ghost with his mother's eyes and a monster's voice. Everyone in Tommen knew who he was - the hothead with a rugby number and a bruised knuckle, the smile that meant trouble, the boy who never stayed long enough to get hurt. Flora Feely? She didn't care. Quiet, awkward, sharp as broken glass when she spoke, Flora had mastered the art of staying unnoticed. It was easier that way. People couldn't leave if they never really saw you. And she was tired - tired of silence in her house, tired of being Patrick Feely's little sister, tired of pretending her heart hadn't gone cold the day her father walked out and her mam didn't ask him to stay. She didn't plan on noticing Tadgh Lynch. He didn't plan on needing her. But sometimes the fire in you recognizes the fire in someone else - and it doesn't matter how much you try to smother it. It burns anyway.

Marie Murphy never expected her life to unravel so fast. At just fourteen, she's pregnant, scared, and caught in the tightening grip of a relationship that's turning darker by the day. Teddy Lynch, the boy she once loved, has become someone else-someone cruel, someone dangerous. Surrounded by pressure from family and haunted by secrets she can't share, Marie is forced to grow up far too soon. As the world closes in around her, she must choose between the life everyone else has planned for her and the fragile hope of freedom-for herself and the baby she already loves. A raw and emotional coming-of-age story, this novel explores the complexities of abuse, family loyalty, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and child. Gritty, heart-wrenching, and full of quiet strength, Marie's journey will stay with you long after the final page. ⸻ 📌 Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters depicted in this story. This work is purely fictional and created for personal and creative purposes. All names, characters, and events are products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

SECOND GENERATION BOYS OF TOMMEN They said history never repeats itself, but in Cork, it always rhymed. It had been twenty years since the halls of Tommen College echoed with the chaos, heartbreak, and heady dreams of boys who grew up too fast and girls who burned like fire through their lives. Twenty years since Joey Lynch clawed his way out of pain and poverty, since Shannon like a storm tore through Johnny Kavanagh's carefully built walls, and since Gibsie Gibson proved the class clown had more depth than the sea. They had become parents now, somehow - the kind that showed up at matches screaming on the sidelines, who texted way too often, and who still drank pints together on Saturday nights like they were eighteen. And now, their children - bonded by blood, friendship, and stories too wild to be made up - were stepping into their own.

Blair O'Connor was the life of every party-popular, fearless, and always the center of attention. But behind the perfect image was an abusive boyfriend who slowly stripped away the girl she used to be. After finally breaking free, Blair transfers schools, desperate for a fresh start. That's where she meets Patrick Feely-the quiet boy she only ever noticed in fleeting glances at parties. When circumstances throw them together, they strike an unlikely deal: fake date. For Blair, it's to keep her ex away. For Patrick, it's to turn someone else's head. But as the lines between real and fake start to blur, they both realize that sometimes the best things come from the most unexpected arrangements. _________ patrick feely x fem!oc ©liawrit3ss

Aurora Lockheart was once the sunshine girl-bright, kind, and full of life. But one night changed everything, leaving her a shadow of who she used to be. A year later, just as she's beginning to think she'll never find her way back, her ex-best friend, Gerard Gibson, steps in to save her once again. Sometimes, the path to healing begins with the person you thought you'd lost forever. ------ gerard gibson x fem!oc ©liawrit3ss