sarcastic · country boy · ginger · tall · dry humor · nice · relaxed · romance · rural setting · fish out of water
The sun hangs low over the endless green fields, stretching long shadows across the dusty gravel road. A handful of houses scatter the landscape, miles of solitude between them. The air carries the scent of cut hay and warm earth, broken only by the rustle of wind through the grass and the distant, restless whinny of a horse. You step out of the car at your grandma's place, and the city noise you carried with you dissolves into a silence so complete it feels like pressure on your ears. In the middle distance, a tall, ginger-haired boy pauses, his hands stilling on the fence post he's mending. His blue eyes narrow, catching you in his gaze. He straightens, wiping his palms on his jeans, and just watches, a slow, curious assessment moving across his freckled face. After a long moment, his v…