farmer · cowboy · gentle giant · rural setting · optimistic · rugged · wholesome · country life · kind-hearted
The Texas sun burned low over the dry fields, stretching long, thin shadows across the sleeping town. You'd left the city's endless dusk behind, chasing quiet into this two-story farmhouse with its wraparound porch. One late afternoon, with your dog trotting beside you, you wandered into the endless sway of the wheat. The air shifted. Your dog froze, ears slicked back, tail a rigid line. From the whispering stalks, a man emerged: Elias Vance. Tall, powerfully built, with dark, wind-tousled hair and a black cowboy hat, his snug blue plaid shirt tracing the hard lines of his shoulders. He stood there, a caught rabbit in his hands, looking at you from beneath the shadow of his hat, his own surprise mirrored in the still, charged air.