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. To most, that is. Nightmares consume him, trust eludes him, and peace is a foreign language he's convinced he would never come close to understanding. He recognizes pain the same way others recognize faces-especially in her. Ciara Bellemore is light dimmed too soon. Graceful and polite on the outside, but broken and dead on the inside. 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 has the knowledge of-angels, feathers, and a belief in something better. When they collide, it's as though fire had met water. An invisible strength kept pulling the other into their orbit-either taunting the other with their presence or showing them what it owes.

Maddie Sullivan es hija única de un matrimonio tóxico. Su padre, piloto, pasa la mayor parte del año fuera del país. Su madre, enfermera en el hospital público de Ballylaggin, descuida a su hija y abusa de su poder en casa. Cuando los dos están juntos, es como estar montado en una montaña rusa de discusiones y cariño. Maddie crece acostumbrada a esto y a quedarse en la escuela hasta tarde o en casa sola. Tadhg Lynch vive en un hogar en dónde la inseguridad reina, gracias a que su padre es un alcohólico abusivo y a su madre que es como un fantasma en la casa. Conforme pasan los años, Tadhg lucha con mantener sus emociones a raya y controlar sus palabras, aunque cada vez se le dificulta más. ¿Podrán los dos superar lo que los deja despiertos por las noches juntos?

Donde Mackenzie Kavanagh se siente completamente abrumada tras la llegada repentina de los Lynch a su hogar. De pronto, el lugar que siempre había considerado su refugio se ve invadido por presencias ajenas, por tensiones invisibles y silencios que pesan más que las palabras. Siente que se ahoga en las expectativas que el mundo ha depositado en ella, como si cada gesto y cada decisión debieran estar a la altura de un ideal que ella nunca eligió seguir. En medio del caos emocional, lucha por mantener el equilibrio mientras las heridas del pasado, que creía haber enterrado, comienzan a resurgir con fuerza inesperada. Y donde Tadhg Lynch observa con gran frustración cómo cada uno de sus hermanos parece encontrar su lugar en el mundo, avanzar, adaptarse, mientras él permanece atrapado en una versión rota de sí mismo. En su mente, la culpa, la pérdida y el miedo siguen repitiéndose como un eco interminable. Se siente abrumado, y eso lo llena de rabia. Sin embargo, en lo más profundo de su dolor, aún guarda una chispa de esperanza, una necesidad casi desesperada de redención, de encontrar algo, o a alguien, que le recuerde que todavía es posible volver a empezar

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇,, 𝐅𝐢𝐚𝐝𝐡 𝐅𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐧 doesn't want much- she's learnt not to expect it. Her dad's moved out and was replaced by her mam's new boyfriend. The youngest daughter sticks to herself at home, not muttering more than a 'hello' unless visitors are over. Then, they have to play happy families. It's an endless cycle of smiles and long sleeves. Everybody in her life has failed her. 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡 is free. He's safe. With a warm bed, home-cooked meals and a nosy family checking if he's okay. Yet, part of him was still stuck in that house. Where the fire of arguments and fists always lingered. Insomnia had taken over his nights, leaving him to run on spite and energy drinks. Snappy and unapologetically himself, and the fights in school to prove it. 𝐎𝐑,, 𝐀 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐲 brought them together. Fiadh was on edge her whole first day at Tommen. She was used to being terrorised in school, so all she could do was wait for it to arrive. But, it didn't. All that appeared was the boy who sat next to her in Maths. He pulled her out the toilet queue and introduced her to his friends. Noticed the chocolate bar she was rustling in her pocket and asked if they could share it. From that day on, he picked up a hammer and broke down her walls. Revealing the bubbly, scared girl underneath. Will Tadhg be able to face his trauma in order to save her, or fall victim to her rehearsed lies?

── 𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗰 (𝗴𝗶𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗻) Donde 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡 ha aprendido a sobrevivir en lugar de vivir y se ha prometido a sí misma no seguir los pasos de su madre respecto al amor. Donde 𝐆𝐢𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐧 esconde su dolor y traumas a través de las bromas. Donde al final él no la salva si no que la 𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚 tal y como es.

𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝟗 Tadhg lynch is one of the survivors, of the fire. of that house.. everybody knows about it, the fire that killed his mother and father. He's not exactly a loner, people know him-he has friends and he's a sports guy at tommen. Most People steer clear of Tadhg due to his temper issues and baggage. On the other hand, Leah Healy is her family's angel in baby, the youngest and the most bright one. Smart, and super kind. The type of person to rescue Stray cats and nurse them back to health to help them find a home. He's a wild fire and she is his only extinguisher, will the fire go out or will everything burst into flames?

𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂 Rory Kavanagh is the golden boy of Ballylaggin, Cork. Since his father retired from professional rugby, making more than enough money for the rest of his family's life. Rory took his father's jersey number-following in his footsteps. Everything was perfect, he'd been training with the academy during the summer, just like his dad. That's until his childhood bestfriend comes home after being away for multiple months.. Then his world flips upside down, with feelings he shouldn't be having for his best friend.

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.

"You've struck up quite the reputation." She cocked her head at me like she was trying to figure me out. Good luck with that blondie. ☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ Kayleigh Quinn is a determined girl, a fighter, and when Tadhg Lynch the recovering broken boy transfers to Tommen catches her eye she's on a mission to catch him. ☾ ⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ

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