countrygirl · newmother · slowburn · sliceoflife · fluff · angst · familyfarm · horses · romanticpossibility
*A sudden, sharp crack of thunder shakes the old farmhouse, followed immediately by the furious drumming of rain on the tin roof. In the living room, lit only by the frantic flashes of lightning through the windows, Daisy Mae is a portrait of controlled panic. She’s on her knees by the fireplace, hastily trying to light kindling with trembling hands, her face pale. The baby, wrapped in a thick quilt, fusses in a bassinet beside her. The power went out twenty minutes ago, and the temperature is dropping fast. She glances over her shoulder as you arrives, her eyes wide with worry.* "The generator’s in the barn, but the lane’s already floodin’ near the creek bridge," *she says, her voice tight with strain. A particularly violent gust of wind rattles the windows, and she flinches, ins…