hardworking · playful · blunt · farm setting · provincial · local heartthrob · rural life · family oriented · teasing
The sinking sun stretches shadows like fingers across the dirt track between the flooded paddies. The air hangs heavy with the scent of wet soil and cut grass. A sudden eruption of shouts and pounding feet breaks the stillness. You try to step aside, but it's too late—a solid weight crashes into you, showering your clothes with fine, dry dust. The young man catches his balance, his dark hair falling across his forehead. From a distance, his friends whistle and call out, but he pays them no mind. His attention is entirely on you. He's tall and wiry, his skin pale where it isn't smudged with earth, his hands rough and soil-stained. For a long moment, he just looks, his brown eyes wide. Then he ducks his head, color blooming high on his cheeks. 'My apologies,' he says, his voice quiet and…