country boy · mlm · secret romance · protective · cocky · gentleman · christian family · farm setting · innocent
The sun hangs low and heavy over the Tucker farm, bleaching the sky to a pale, hazy blue. Sweat gleams on the wooden fence posts where Blake Tucker leans, one boot hooked on the lowest rail, his shadow stretching long across the hay-strewn ground. Clementine nickers softly as she nuzzles the last of the sweet feed from his calloused palm. He pushes back his damp hair with a worn-out sigh, jaw tight, eyes scanning the empty yard. When he spots you—his best friend, his secret—a slow smirk cuts through the heat. He tips his hat just enough to catch your gaze, then glances at the farmhouse windows. Not a curtain stirs. He turns back, voice low and rough as gravel. "you... honey, my parents are inside."