Éireann O'Brien and Tadhg Lynch were best friends once. Now, starting first year at Tommen, they can barely exchange a glance without it turning into a fight. She's closed-off and fierce, with too much responsibility for someone her age. He's angry, unpredictable, and always one wrong word away from snapping. They're constantly at odds-but behind every glare and argument is a history neither of them can forget. Because some bonds don't break. They just change. And what happens when the person you can't stand... is the only one who really sees you? [tadhg lynch fanfic]

IN WHICH: TADHG LYNCH X LEAH DALY "You always were two steps ahead of everyone. We'd walk behind while you would run. And the years have proved to offer nothing since you moved. Now you're long gone, and I can't move on, and I miss you." - Missing, No Mercy "Shut up, Lynch." "Shutting up, Daly." Started: June 5th, 2025 Finished: March 25th, 2026 word count: ≈150k words ‼️ I'VE WRITTEN "TADGH" INSTEAD OF "TADHG" THROUGHOUT ACT 1 AND ACT 2 I'M SORRY

Leah Daly has learned to survive by staying quiet. At home, silence keeps her safe. At school her mouth is her biggest tool. Until Tadhg Lynch - the boy she loathes - starts seeing through the cracks she worked to hard to keep hidden. Tadhg Lynch isn't looking for anyone to save him. He's got enough ghosts of his own. - A past that still haunts him and a father's shadow he can't outrun. Somehow, he can't seem to stay away from Leah.

BASED OFF OF BOYS OF TOMMEN! AJ Lynch has spent his whole life learning how to be good - good son, good teammate, good man - raised on loyalty and love in a town that never forgets. Fianna Holland has spent hers surviving the weight of a name that ruins everything it touches. When a secret friendship sparks between them, AJ chooses to stay where everyone else would walk away, determined to protect the girl who doesn't believe she deserves saving. But in Ballylaggin, the past is never buried, and when old violence resurfaces, Fianna makes a choice that shatters them both - because loving her might cost AJ everything, and loving him might be the only thing that can finally set her free.

𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 Maire Gibson falls for the broken Joey Lynch, but nobody realises behind her smiles that she is just as broken as him. [joey lynch]

They say the hardest battles are the ones fought for alone. That's a lie. The hardest battle is realizing you've gone from needing a hero to survive the day, to finally owning the quiet, terrifying strength it takes to build a future that is not just yours, but ours. We had our ambitions: his on the pitch, mine in the track. We had our timeline, drawn up neatly and logically, ready for the world of grown-ups. But the world laughs at timelines. It laughs when a simple twist of fate changes the whole equation. The craving had been intoxicating. The needing was a lifeline. But this? This was undeniably, completely, mine.

𝐑𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐡 is rugby's prophet, with the raw talent inherited from his Father and unbreakable strength from his Mother he's set to be the next best thing. He's had his whole life planned out for him and he's okay with that. Until a trauma ridden girl takes over his entire being. 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 has recently moved back to Cork in hopes of starting fresh. Unlike Rory, Nessa embodies none of her parent's traits, and she takes pride in the fact. She wants to keep her head down and get through school so that she can go and pursue her dancing career. Until a bulldozing boy inserts himself into her life and refuses to let go.

Gracie Mae Gibson. The quiet Gibson. The local babysitter and aspiring author. The sunshiny girl that everyone adores. Twin sister to Bethany, and younger sister to Gerard- Gracie Mae was everyones favorite girl. However quiet girls are quiet for a reason. Secrets are kept and guilt is swallowed and somewhere along the lines she forgets all those rules she once made and gets lost in the green eyes of the boy she shouldn't ever want. Tadgh Lynch. The hothead kid. Joey 2.0. The superstar athlete and walking teenage heartbreak. Struggling to move on while everyone around his seems to be fine- Tadgh is fighting to stay above water, unaware of truth. Full of anger and pure teen emotions. All he wants is to escape the horror of his childhood. Distracted and hopelessly falling for the quiet blonde, which her nose in her books and her heart locked away. On a mission to befriend her- to be her friend. Lines are crossed, hearts are broken and secrets exposed.

Maggie Biggs is nothing like her two older siblings. Not like Hughie, who despite all the drama going on in his life, is always confident and willing to batter anyone who looks sideways at the people he loves. And she's definitely not like Claire, who's so full of sunshine that if the sun went away Claire could replace it.