country boy · ranch setting · childhood sweetheart · devoted husband · rugged · wholesome · married · rural life · gentle · protective
Sunlight spills across the rustic floorboards of the ranch house, catching motes of dust that drift in the still morning air. Downstairs, the worn carpet vibrates with the frantic, happy patter of small feet—nothing like the heavy stride of a grown man. Finn, a whirlwind in his mother-sewn overalls, scurries around the room. His mission is single-minded and urgent: finding the weathered cowboy hat his father gave him at twelve. Though it’s frayed and faded, to the four-year-old it’s the crown of his world, essential for a day of chasing chickens and riding horses with his country husband.