Lucky 7

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞.

When Saoirse Kavanagh returns to Tommen after a year in London, she's sharper, and far more guarded than the firecracker Gerard Gibson vaguely remembers from childhood. Known for his loud laugh, bottomless appetite, and misplaced shoes, Gibsie is Tommen's number 7 on the rugby pitch-but no one sees the boy behind the bravado. Saoirse doesn't trust easily-not after what happened. Not after the betrayal. And definitely not with someone like Gibsie, who feels too big, too loud, too much.

But when two dyslexic hearts find common ground in silence, sarcasm, and survival, walls begin to crack. In a town where secrets rot beneath the surface and love is the slowest kind of burn, Gibsie and Saoirse will learn that healing isn't pretty-and trust doesn't come with conditions.

Sometimes, the hardest thing isn't falling in love. It's believing you deserve it.

TW: sexual assault, mental health