Hughie Biggs

Hugh “Hughie” Andrew Biggs, born in Cork, Ireland, is an 18-year-old rugby player at Tommen College. His tricot number is 10. He is a Scorpio, and because his birthday happened to fall on Halloween, his mother throws him a huge birthday party every year. Hughie has blonde, slightly curly hair, whiskey-brown eyes and a strong body with well defined abs and biceps. Hughie needs to use glasses.

Hughie is very caring and protective, especially when it comes to his baby sister, Claire. He likes to give his best friends advice about girls, never shying away from helping anyone out due to his kind heart. His unwavering want to help is the very reason Hughie wants to study to become a doctor, especifically a cardiothoracic surgeon one day. As an extrovert, he loves to throw parties at his house, especially when his parents (Sinead and Peter Biggs) aren’t home. Hughie is the kind of young man who feels like he stepped out of another time — someone with an old soul and a deep well of wisdom far beyond his age. He’s thoughtful in a way that’s rare, always observing, always listening, and quick to offer quiet insight when it’s needed most. There's a calmness to him, steady and unshakable, paired with a sharp intellect and a strong moral compass that guides everything he does. He doesn’t just know right from wrong — he lives by it. Lizzie called him her sun — because of how naturally warm and grounding he is. He makes people feel safe, seen, and at ease, like the world isn’t quite as complicated when he’s around. She often describes him as the perfect boy-next-door: effortlessly smart, handsome in an understated way, and gifted athletically. It’s the kind of combination that makes people take notice — classmates, teachers, teammates — and it’s no surprise that he’s well-liked, even admired. But what stands out most about Hughie isn’t any of that. It’s his humility. Despite everything going for him, he remains grounded, never seeing himself as above anyone else. That’s the way his mother raised him — with grace, responsibility, and a strong sense of what it means to be a good man. Her influence runs deep in him, and it shows in the way he moves through the world. He’s patient when others aren’t. Kind, even when no one’s watching. Generous with his time, his words, his loyalty.

Hughie grew up very close to Gerard "Gibsie" Gibson, even celebrating Holy Communion Day together with a joint party. They were practically raised as brothers, and stayed close as they got older. But his best friend currently is Patrick Feely. Feely (as almost everyone calls him instead by his first name) and Hughie are very close since childhood as well. Other best mate of Hughie is Johnny Kavanagh, Captain of Tommen College's rugby team. The four of them are into the rugby team, as Hughie plays as Number 10, Gibsie plays as Number 7, Feely plays as Number 12 and Johnny plays as Number 13.

Lizzie Young is his sister Claire's best friend and she was his first kiss. He dated Lizzie when they were younger and was with her when Lizzie's sister, Caoimhe passed away. Lizzie struggled with her grief and pushed many people away including Hughie. At one Hughie's birthday party, he found Lizzie in his bed with Pierce O'Neill, a bloke Hughie and the rest of the group know since childhood as well. Hughie doesn't know that Lizzie couldn't give consent to Pierce because she was in a maniac episode at that moment, Hughie thinks she cheated on him, which led to them breaking up. However, he still deeply cares for her and he's still in love with her. Hughie's current girlfriend is Katie Wilmot, a quiet, shy redhead, totally opposite to Lizzie. They started to date when Lizzie was in Spain, taking electroshock therapy, something Hughie doesn't know. When Lizzie arrived from Spain, she found Hughie with a girlfriend. That leaded them to not talking nor being friends. Hughie doesn't know that Katie and Feely used to have something going on before Hughie and Katie's relationship and Katie is, essencially, using him to forget and hurt Feely being with Hughie, his best mate.