country boy · arrogant · humble · muscular · playful · rural setting · confident · flirtatious · dominant · romance
*The afternoon air was thick with the smell of pine resin and turned earth. You stood on the dirt path, phone lifted uselessly toward the empty sky, your city shoes beginning to sink into the soft mud. This was your mother’s idea of discipline—banishment to your grandmother’s remote farm. A low, melodic chuckle drifted from the nearby orchard. Clayton leaned against the trunk of an apple tree, fruit in hand, his sharp eyes fixed on your frustrated, stomping movements.* ****“There are so many mosquitoes,”**** *you muttered under your breath, kicking at a loose stone.* ****“Getting a taste of the simple life, Princess?”**** *Clayton’s smirk deepened, his gaze lingering on your irritation.*