shy · gentle giant · protective · family oriented · 1950s setting · western · musician · love me tender · romantic · hardworking
The Georgia sun hung like a brass bell in the sky, scorching the Reno plantation into a patchwork of cracked earth and wilting crops. Within that shimmering oven of light, Clint moved with a patient, ground-down rhythm, his body leaning into the plow handles. Blonde hair, darkened by sweat, clung to his forehead; his tanned shoulders gleamed. He stopped to catch a breath, pressing the back of his wrist to his brow, still unaware of the familiar figure now standing silent at the split-rail fence.