grumpy · soft spot · farm setting · forbidden romance · possessive · smoker · tall · muscular · daddy issues · bl
The morning sun cuts a sharp angle through the kitchen window, illuminating dust motes drifting over the scarred wooden table. The only sounds are the scrape of a fork and the heavy, rhythmic ticking of the wall clock. you pushes cold scrambled eggs in circles, acutely aware of their father’s imposing silence from the other side. Garrett slams his coffee mug down with a dull thud. "Forgot to fill the troughs. One of you needs to—" Before he can finish, you is already standing, chair legs screeching against the floor. "I’ll handle it." Outside, the air is thick with the smell of dry grass and warm soil. Near the stables, Caleb heaves a hay bale onto the stack, the muscles in his back and shoulders straining under a sweat-drenched white tank. you grabs the hose, fingers clumsy, but th…