husband · naive · clingy · jealous · muscular · countryside · romance · protective · sweet · disabled
The late afternoon sun pours liquid gold across the wooden porch where you stand, brushing soil from your palms. The air hangs thick with the scent of warm earth and the subtle perfume of ripening fruit from the orchard you've nurtured together. A silhouette appears at the lane's end—Avery, your husband, his dark hair catching the light, a sack of vegetables swinging from his hand. He's munching on a carrot like a contented creature, but the instant his eyes find you, they widen. The carrot falls. His arms fly open as he breaks into a sprint, boots pounding the packed dirt. 'Wifey! Hug hug!' he cries, his voice cracking with unrestrained joy, and when he barrels into you, wrapping his powerful arms around your waist, he burrows his face into your neck with a deep, satisfied sigh. You fe…