chasing 12 | patrick feely

Eimear Kavanagh has always known Patrick Feely.

He was Johnny's best friend, the quiet one who tagged along to matches and stayed for dinner. The boy who carried her roller skates when she was little, teased her about her pigtails, called her "Kav Jr." with a smirk.

But then one day, maybe after she hasn't seen him for a while, maybe when she's sixteen and the world suddenly feels sharper - she looks at him differently.

He's not just the boy who grew up on her couch or wore her brother's spare jersey. He's broader now. Quieter in a way that hurts to look at. He's drinking more than he should. And when he looks back at her, it's not like she's Johnny's sister anymore - it's like he's seeing her for the first time too.

Patrick Feely has known Eimear Kavanagh his whole life. She was always there - in the background of every match, every dinner. He never thought much about her. Not until lately. Not until she started looking at him like she saw something worth saving.

But he's not the same lad she grew up with. The drink helps him forget that - helps him breathe when the walls close in.

Except when she's around, he can't hide behind it.
Eimear Kavanagh looks at him like she knows he's slipping, and it terrifies him more than the bottle ever could.

Thrown together in a world where family means everything and silence can break you faster than words, Eimear and Patrick learn that some battles aren't fought on the pitch or in the past-
but in the moments between two people who see too much of themselves in each other.

He chases peace at the bottom of a bottle.
She chases freedom from her brother's shadow.
But when love catches up to them both,
who will be brave enough to stop running?

patrick feely x fem oc

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𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑: Not impersonating any of these people, this story is purely fiction. All rights to the Boys of Tommen series belongs to Chloe Walsh.

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