"I don't wanna get undressed, for a new person all over again." -Waiting 13 Juni Wilinkson is broken and she believes she'll never be fixed until she meets a boy after a one night stand who will undress her in more than just her clothes.

Tadhg Lynch is the third youngest Lynch sibling, and is trying to make it through his years of Tommen without being recognized as Joey Lynch, Shannon Lynch, and Johnny Kavanagh's little brother. He wants to make a name for himself, but that's difficult when you're constantly living under the shadow of the legacies before you. Now in his fourth year and with a reputation as the school troublemaker, Tadhg is learning that life can be lived even when you are dubbed as the "little brother," and that some things and people can know him for him. Leah Daly just moved to Cork, Ireland from America, and it's safe to say that she isn't too happy about uprooting her life in the middle of high school. Angry about her parents' sudden divorce, and being picked up with her dad to live in the middle of nowhere, Leah is dropped off to start her sophomore year, or fourth year as Ireland calls it, at Tommen College. Full of pretentious rugby stars and trust fund kids, Leah runs into Tadhg, who automatically intrigues her. What happens when the troublemaking screw up, and the angry teenage girl cross paths and find their worlds forever altered?

In which he desperately wants the spotlight, or in which she just wants to disappear.

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.

When two hurricanes collide, destruction is inevitable. Tadhg Lynch has escaped his traumatic childhood. After losing his parents in a tragic fire, being adopted by the Kavanaghs at twelve gave him and his siblings a chance at a fresh start, a better life. But despite keeping busy with Tommen and Hurley, no one seems to notice that the stubborn, sharp-tongued boy is still trapped in the past. Haunted by nightmares and tormented by endless "what ifs," Tadhg struggles to escape his own mind, masking his pain with harsh words and a defiant attitude. The only person who refuses to back down from his temper is a freckled, headstrong girl in his class who matches his stubbornness blow for blow. Isabell Donnelly is bold, outspoken, and unafraid to give as good as she gets. She can take anything Tadhg throws her way. But beneath her fiery attitude is a girl suffocating under the weight of responsibility, with a mentally unstable mother, a father who can't find financial stability, and two younger sisters looking up to her for guidance. Isabell constantly doubts herself and never feels good enough; she barely has a moment to breathe. They may act like rivals, constantly at each other's throats, but something keeps pulling them together. Whether it's fate, frustration, or the simple fact that they see through each other's masks, neither can seem to walk away. And as much as they fight it, sometimes the person who pushes you the hardest is the one who understands you the most.

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.

17 year-old Tadhg Lynch is a hot-headed hurler, haunted by a past that his family appears to have moved on from. Despite his tough and violent exterior, he is left vunerable after the trauma his parents left on him. All his siblings have someone to confide in after the events held 5 years ago, except for him. May Robbins is an English girl currently studying her final school year in Ireland ever since she moved during the summer. Troubled by her sick mother, she attempts to start fresh at a new school after the events of the previous year. A hopeless romantic at heart, she loves reading and writing, and dreams to be an author after she leaves school. Will she get a fairy-tale romance of her own?

Éabha Holland grew up learning to tiptoe--around glass on the floor, around her father's moods, around a kind of love that hurt as much as it held her. She's running out of ways to stay numb. Her dad's addiction taught her how to disappear; hers might finish the job. AJ Lynch has his own shadows--a family name that carries both pride and wreckage, a temper that burns too hot, and a soft spot for the girl who never learned to ask for help.

Tadgh Lynch has always known how to fight- on the pitch, in school corridors but most of all against the voices in his head that never relent. With his burning temper tearing through his life, severing any good connection before it has the chance to grow- he's beginning to spiral. Kathleen Brennan has spent years outrunning her past in Dublin. Her real story is hidden beneath vows, lies and secrets that she still to this day hides behind. But as the saying goes, old habits die hard- and not quietly So what happens when the person you can't stand at all is the person who gets you the most? [Tadhg Lynch Fanfic]

He's a ghost running on zero sleep. She's a broken prodigy hiding behind a perfect smile. To the rest of Tommen, Tadhg Lynch is the brooding, short-sentenced hurler who looks like he's one bad day away from a fight. The last thing Tadhg needs is someone snooping into his business, he has enough of fighting the monsters inside his head. Leah knows all about surviving monsters-she lives with one. Dragged from country to country by an unstable mother, her only escape is the ice rink, even if her feet are screaming and her heart is giving out. They say pain recognizes pain. In Jersey Number 14, Leah might just find the only anchor strong enough to keep her from drowning. And Tadhg could find the only person capable of climbing up his walls. ━━━━━━━━━━ ⋆★⋆ ━━━━━━━━━━ Trigger Warnings: This story contains explicit content and mature themes, including abuse, violence, mental health struggles and disorders, death, underage sexual relationships, alcohol and drug use, and heavy use of strong language. Please read with care. I hope you enjoy reading this story even more than I enjoyed writing it! <3