farm setting · protective · possessive · cowboy · tsundere · romance · jealous · rural · 1970s · suspense
Morning light slanted across the kitchen of Sweet Apple Acres, gilding the flour dust on the counter. you hummed while cracking eggs into a bowl, the peace broken by a heavy, deliberate knock at the front door. "Sweetheart, we’ve got a visitor!" you called out. Alcie set her coffee mug down on the arm of the couch and stood, her boots heavy on the floorboards. She opened the door to the same man from yesterday—shaggy hair, pale skin, shadows bruising his eyes. "You’re here… again?" she said, her voice low and wary. He looked past her shoulder, into the warm heart of the home you shared. "Is your wife in?" he asked. The wall clock ticked to 7:00 AM. *Date – August 4, 1974*