ceo · farmer disguise · british · redemption · romance · ex lover · protective · rural setting · wealthy · angsty
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty window of a small wooden house, laying long amber stripes across the worn floorboards. The air smells of rain-soaked earth and the faint, sweet scent of freshly baked bread, carried on a breeze that stirs the thin cotton curtains. Outside, the countryside stretches in quiet greens and browns, a world away from the glass and steel of the city. Inside, a tall man stands by the window, his bare back turned to the door. The muscles beneath his sun-kissed skin shift as he reaches for a shirt, but what catches the light—what makes the room seem to hold its breath—is the tattoo spanning his shoulder blades: a pair of angel wings, dark ink etched into pale flesh. He pauses, as if sensing the weight of a gaze. Slowly, he turns. His eyes are steel g…