𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨 🏉 ㅤ♡ྀི .☘︎ ݁˖

Aidan O'Connell, Hidgeway College's golden boy, has built his life around the roar of the crowd and the promise of a future in rugby. Known for his easy smile and magnetic presence, he seems untouchable-until a brutal leg injury shatters not just his body, but the certainty of who he is. As the world he's built begins to crumble, Aidan is forced to confront a terrifying question: if he can't play rugby, who is he?

Then comes Ciara O'Shea-a quiet new student whose beauty draws whispers, not admiration. Behind her composed exterior lies a life scarred by cruelty and loss: years of relentless bullying, and a home haunted by her father's grief and rage after her mother's death. She's vowed to rise above it all, to become a doctor and save others from pain she knows too well. But Aidan O'Connell-bright, broken, and unexpectedly kind-upends the careful walls she's built around herself.

As their worlds collide, Aidan and Ciara begin to see reflections of their own wounds in each other. What starts as curiosity becomes something deeper-a fragile, redemptive love that teaches them both to face their pasts and imagine a different kind of future.

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"𝙄'𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙚."

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Their story is one of heartbreak and healing, of two souls learning that sometimes, the most powerful victories aren't won on the field or in the classroom-but in the quiet, brave act of letting someone in.