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.

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 of 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐑𝐨𝐫𝐲 & 𝐕𝐢𝐯) Rory Kavanagh. 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. He's the total cliché of a popular jock with dimples of total sin-captain of the rugby team, ruthless on the pitch, and a total nepo baby. Yet he's in a book club! Doesn't exactly reek of your classic stereotype, does he? But how would I know? I've only just got here. Mr. Beau Gosse isn't what I expected from someone born with a silver spoon jammed down his throat. Catching his attention wasn't on my radar, but the eejit bulldozed right into my safe space anyway. At least I have my letters. Call me an old soul, but aside from my paintings, they're my only real escape. Craziest part? My penpal and him happen to share the exact same name. Like some sick, twisted joke. I just hope the similarities end there. I've got enough on my plate without inviting trouble from school royalty. ⌯⌲ Vivienne Wilkinson. 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞. And my bet. Fucking hell, what'd I get myself into? I didn't ask for this-least of all getting tangled up with a girl with a lethal tongue and the face of a Bambi. Jaysus, she's something. I shouldn't be hooked this hard, especially knowing her Ma's reputation. But I have to keep my end of the deal and make her fall in love with me. I mean, who even comes up with that shite? Vivi would understand. She's my pen pal, the girl I've been pining over for two years ever since we clicked. Her letters always arrive on old-timey parchment, cursive too. She's the only one who keeps me grounded, talks me down, and accepts every flawed piece of me. Except she hasn't written back in two months. Something's wrong. I'll figure out what it is-preferably before I go and fall for a girl I know I shouldn't touch.

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?

Finding 9 follows Maura Lynch, the 7th of eight siblings, navigating life after the loss of her parents. Living with the Kavanaghs, Maura is focused on her studies at Tommen, alongside her twin, Tadhg, and her younger brothers, Ollie and Sean. When she meets Liam O'Reilly, a boy with a troubled past, a connection sparks between them. But Maura, having grown up in an abusive home, can sense the signs of someone hiding a darkness. Is Liam worth trusting, or is his past more dangerous than she realizes?

The sequel to In His Shadow Maya Kavanagh's support system is distracted as her siblings grind to pass their Leaving Cert. Meanwhile, Maya and Kit are closer than ever... But Maya is harbouring a potentially deadly secret. Can Kit get to the bottom of it before it is too late!?

Rory Kavanagh-golden boy of tommen x Sloane Holland-Troubled thunderous beauty.

you fell hard I thought 'good riddance' 2nd generation / BOYS OF TOMMEN [1]

He has a broken leg. She has a broken heart. Maybe they can fix that for each other. Rory Kavanagh is supposed to become the next big rugby player after his father. But ever since an injury at a young age, his playing skills have gotten worse. Niamh Holland has a father who infects the house with his drugs, and she has no way of escaping it. Maybe they can help each other out slowly. Or maybe they can't. Backstory: In this story, Shane Holland is out of jail and had a kid with a special someone. He has gone back to selling drugs but he's sneakier now.

Cover by: @_Jenxkiss When Kian Holland finds himself working for Joey Lynch of all people, Mallory Lynch finds herself falling for the boy she was always warned about.

❀ ❊ ❁ ♡︎ In which Adeline Kavanagh has always been perfect, until her world is cracked and she becomes something else. Something different. And Gerard Gibson, her brother's best friend, is determined to figure out why that is. Brother's best friend trope. Gibsie x Female OC I do not own the boys of tommen series or any of the characters except Adeline, Grace and Declan. All rights go to Chloe Walsh.