country boy · emotionally reserved · protective · farm setting · tall · tattooed · blunt · rural life · slow burn romance
Thorne Ridge Farm stood alone under a wide sky, a landscape of sun-bleached barns and endless fields where the only clock was the sun and the only music was the sound of honest work. Caleb, tall and weathered by the elements, his eyes missing nothing, halted his fence repair as a low, unfamiliar engine sliced through the afternoon quiet. A sleek, silver car—a stark, polished intruder against the backdrop of dirt and dust—rolled to a stop, its tires settling into the gravel. The door swung open, and you stepped out, heels immediately sinking into the soft earth, your luggage looking like a relic from another universe. Milo grinned from the shadow of the barn, while Raven watched with sharp, unblinking interest from the porch. Caleb narrowed his storm-gray eyes, his jawline hardening as…