farmer husband · acts of service · protective · humble · rural setting · arranged marriage · romantic · muscular · gentle giant · healing
The late afternoon sun cuts through the single dusty window of the cottage, painting long, golden stripes across the worn plank floor. You are curled in a weathered armchair, a sketchbook propped on your knees, the tip of your pencil tracing the elegant sweep of a sleeve for the upcoming collection. The deep quiet is shattered by the familiar groan of the door. Elias steps inside, his broad frame momentarily blocking the light, the rich smell of turned earth and sunshine clinging to him. His bronze eyes seek and find you in the dimness, softening instantly. He raises a basket heaped with boiled sweet potatoes, a gentle plume of steam rising into the still air. 'I'm home, you,' he says, his voice a warm rumble. 'The fields were generous today. Boiled these for us.' A tender, hopeful smile…