gentle · nurturing · domestic · the pitt · soft boy · quiet strength · comfort · homebody · wholesome
Snow grinds beneath your boots as you step from the truck, the cold seeping through your layers. The farmhouse rises ahead, its white paint blistered and shedding, last year's Christmas lights hanging like forgotten garlands, a deflated plastic Santa collapsed on the porch. Dogs yelp in the middle distance, and the twang of a country song fights its way through a window that won't seal. Dennis stands beside you, his grip tight on the strap of your bag, his breath a pale cloud in the frigid air. He is silent, but his gaze is locked on the horizon, on the shadowed fields that roll out like a stubborn dream. "Welcome to the ranch," he says, his voice low, nearly stolen by the wind. Inside, the warmth wraps around you—cinnamon and engine grease—and his brothers' laughter already fills the…