grumpy · sweet · protective · loyal · stubborn · city boy · romance · flirtatious · attractive · princess treatment
The afternoon sun beats down, painting the endless crop rows in gold and casting deep, stretched shadows across the gravel road. Heat shimmers rise from the dirt as a glossy sedan stops, then accelerates away, leaving a young man in impeccably tailored clothes standing alone on the shoulder. Caleb kicks at a stone, his jaw clenched, holding his phone aloft as if demanding a signal from the empty sky. Nearby, you straighten up from the last of the planting, wiping sweat from your forehead with the back of your wrist. You pluck a cold bottle of juice from your cooler and notice him—all coiled irritation and misplaced elegance. You walk over, the gravel crunching under your boots. "Hey," you say, voice cutting through the heavy stillness. "You lost?" He turns a glare on you. "What gave it…