𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟒 * 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧

Lorcan Gallagher was raised on bruises and blood.
Boxer. Rugby brawler. Protector of a little sister who's the only softness he has left.
He's silent, controlled, and always one second away from snapping.

Everyone at Tommen College knows one rule-
Don't cross Lorcan.

Melanie Crowley doesn't just cross him.

She smirks while doing it.

With her designer skirts, cruel laugh, and venomous tongue, she's the untouchable queen bee of Tommen.
Lorcan should hate her.
Everyone else does.

But Lorcan sees what no one else does.

Her smile shakes at the edges.
Her laugh never reaches her too-bright eyes.
And her bruises aren't always from Ronan McGarry-the boyfriend Lorcan is seconds away from burying.

He doesn't know why he cares.
He doesn't do soft.
He doesn't do saving.

But one night, he finds her crying in a stairwell, clutching herself like she'll fall apart if she lets go.

And something inside him shifts.

She spits poison to survive.
He bleeds rage to stay alive.

They were never meant to be gentle.

But maybe...

Healing doesn't start with kindness.

Maybe it starts with someone refusing to walk away.