𝐓𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐆 𝐋𝐘𝐍𝐂𝐇 wasn't broken, but he'd never been fixed, he was just simply pieces of glass, scattered, left, done and dusted. As everyone moved on in their lives? Shannon with Johnny? Joey with Aoife and AJ. Ollie and Sean too young to comprehend. But Tadhg wasn't. He was stuck in the middle, a maze of his own feelings. Trapped in his own mind. He knew there was something wrong. He felt different, his mind wasn't mapped like everyone else's... Perhaps it was his past, the fire that burnt him to ash? None of his siblings knew of his position though. And that burnt more than any fire. ❝𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖...❞ 𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆, perfect, glass child. With her older sisters being prominent, Caoimhes death and Lizzie's struggles, she strived to become the best. As Lizzie broke down regularly Isabella aced tests just so her mother and father didn't have to bat an eye. But beneath the surface she was as cold as ice. She needed attention, yearned for it. And no one would give it to her. Of course she adored her older sister but what would it take for a well done? Too much? Too little? What else could she do. She may have escaped the claws of Mark Allen, but something else had already grasped her. And there wasn't any getting out. ❝𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓.❞ When two souls collide, perhaps not of the same situation but with a mutual understanding, perhaps they can mend eachother, when thought it ought to never be fixed. But who can tell? Who can 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓?

Delilah Holland was the younger sister to Shane Holland, the local dealer of Cork. She didn't let it define her, didn't let it ruin her. Joey lynch has always been a protector. When life just keeps getting harder, he runs to the one thing he thinks can help him. But when he goes to the drugs, there is a girl there. One who he can't seem to leave alone. Delilah and Joey start a friendship. One that blooms into something more. Until one night, it all gets ruined. And might never get rebuilt.

"𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰." Darren Lynch x Alex Connery BOYS OF TOMMEN FIC After years of ongoing domestic abuse, Darren Lynch bolts. He leaves everything behind, Ballylaggin, his parents, and unfortunately, his siblings. After applying to a top university and receiving a full-ride scholarship behind his parent's back, he hops on the quickest train to Belfast to attend Queen's university. At Queen's, he meets a group of friends that sees him more than the scars on his back and face, but still, he can't seem to overcome his history of fighting and sexual assault, that is, until the irritating blonde boy he meets one day breaks down his protective walls. Alex Connery's childhood was his favourite part of his entire life. The way he grew up is nothing like university, where he has to be an adult. After his twin sister experiences a series of struggle of self harm, he doesn't hesitate to help the boy with the sad blue eyes that he meets on his first day of school. Although, he's quite stubborn and won't let him completely in. They don't get along, not until something he finds out about him that changes his perspective on everyone. CONTAINS THEMES OF: self harm, suicide, rape/sexual assault, drinking, drugs. xxx

Liam Lynch. Everyone says his name like it explains him. The town's golden boy. Lizzie likes him. Teachers like him. Old women in the shop like him. He remembers birthdays and asks about your granny and carries bags without being asked. He is always there. That's the part I can't get my head around. He stands too close sometimes. Not in a scary way. Just... close. Like he's afraid if he steps back, I'll disappear. He says he loves me. I nod when he says it because that's what you do. I don't know what love is meant to feel like in the body. People say it's warm or fizzy or like fireworks, but my chest just feels the same as always-tight, flat, like someone's pressed pause. Sometimes my stomach hurts around him, but I don't know if that means something good or something bad. Hunger and nerves feel the same to me. Fear and excitement too. Everything is all mixed up, like colours bleeding together. He doesn't leave me alone. Ever. If I walk home, he walks with me. If I sit somewhere quiet, he appears like he's been summoned. People say I'm lucky. They say he's protective. I don't know the difference between protection and being trapped. Sometimes he smiles at me and my chest tightens sharper than usual. Sometimes I want him to stop talking. Sometimes I want him to stay. I don't know which feeling is which. I don't know if what he calls love is what I feel, or if what I feel is nothing at all. *** Maeve O'Neill ruined me the second I saw her. Not in a loud way. Quiet. Permanent. She doesn't say much, but I don't need words from her. I'll read the silences. I'll fill the gaps. I'll love her enough for both of us if I have to. Even when she looks at me like she's trying to solve a puzzle and can't find the edges, I don't get angry. I get patient. I can wait. I don't care if it costs me. I don't care if it hurts. I'll protect her. I'll help her. I'll stay beside her until she understands what love is-or until I disappear trying.

Just when Rory Lynch thinks her life might already be over, she's handed something dangerously close to hope. Raising her siblings is second nature by now; feeding them, dressing them, shielding them from the worst at home. Protecting them? That's instinct. But no one's ever really succeeded in protecting her. Enter Niall Walsh: personified grump, local rugby god, arms of tattoos and a permanent scowl - except when it comes to his nine year-old sister. He's the last person Rory expects to care. And maybe the first one who really does. BOYS OF TOMMEN | OC x OC

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

Tadhg Lynch has never liked Niamh Gallagher-not in primary school when her life seemed perfect, and definitely not now at Tommen College. After his father's violent rampage tore his family apart, Niamh was one of the few who tried to be kind, but he lashed out, shutting her down. Years later, she's unrecognizable. Once warm, she's now the Ice Queen, untouchable and ruthless. Forced to be around her thanks to their best friends dating, Tadhg is thrown by her transformation. She's not the girl he resented, nor the one who pitied him-she's Frost, sharp-edged and cold. But beneath their bickering and hostility, something simmers. As tension builds, old wounds reopen, and neither can ignore the undeniable pull between them. Hate was easy. Wanting each other? That's dangerous.

𝒩ora Lace writes love letters she never intends to send. Quiet confessions. Hidden feelings. Pieces of herself she keeps tucked away. Because some people are easier to love from a distance. Joey Lynch was never supposed to become one. completed but under major revision

Nessa Byrne has always been the good girl. At 15, she's known for following the rules, keeping her head down, and never giving anyone a reason to talk. Sweet, steady, and impossible to fault, Nessa has built her life on control, on being the opposite of her older brother Flynn, whose name seems to live permanently on detention slips and whispered gossip around Tommen College. But beneath the neat uniforms and quiet smiles, Nessa is bored out of her mind. When she moves to Ballylaggin to join Flynn at Tommen, she tells herself nothing will change. She'll make the team, keep her grades up, and stay far away from the kind of chaos that seems to follow him and his friends everywhere. Especially Tadhg Lynch. Loud, reckless, and impossible to ignore, Tadhg is everything Nessa can't stand, and everything she learned the hard way not to want. A year ago, she was just another girl watching him from the sidelines. Now, she can't think of anything worse than being noticed by him. But Tommen has a way of blurring lines. Between good and reckless. Between control and curiosity. Between who you are-and who you might be if you let yourself slip, just for a second. And when one night changes everything, Nessa finds herself caught in the orbit of a boy she swore she'd never get close to. Because Tadhg Lynch doesn't follow rules. And for the first time in her life, Nessa Byrne isn't sure she wants to either.