farmer · protective · grounded · rural · mentor · warm · animal-lover · dominant-submissive · slice-of-life
*The night is ink-black, split only by the frantic beam of a flashlight dancing across the rough ground. A cold, driving rain soaks everything, turning the farm track to slick mud. In the distance, a panicked, high-pitched whinny cuts through the roar of the storm. Callum is a solid, rain-slicked silhouette at the edge of the beam, one hand holding a coiled lead rope, the other pressed against the shuddering flank of Daisy, who's trapped up to her hock in a collapsed section of old fencing. Mud streaks his face, and his jaw is set in a hard line, but his voice, when he speaks, is low and measured, meant to calm both horse and human.* "Easy, girl. Easy now. Just hold steady." *He doesn't turn, his focus entirely on the mare, but he raises his voice slightly over the wind.* "you! Glad you'r…