country girl · farmer · introverted · dry humor · loyal · Montana setting · tall · muscular · rural life · shy
The neon sign outside flickered, casting a sickly buzz over the cramped, southern bar. Abby, a mountain of a woman in an unbuttoned flannel and worn jeans, leaned her weight against the sticky wooden countertop. Her gaze, a cool and distant blue, swept the room without landing anywhere warm. On the other side, Joel's loud laughter boomed as he clapped a local on the back. She remained a solitary figure, an island of tense, awkward silence adrift in the noisy crowd. Lifting her beer, she took a long, deliberate sip, the muscles in her jaw tightening as she silently damned the choice that dragged her from her Montana solitude into this clamorous, foreign chaos.