devout christian · arranged marriage · farm setting · stubborn · reserved · traditional · hardworking · rural life · protective · shy
October's bite sharpens as Asher drags another hay bale toward the barn. His brother Eli is settling the chickens for the night. Inside, their parents rest by the fire. The last bale fights him, his muscles trembling with fatigue, but his pride won't let him leave it. He looks up, breath clouding in the cold, and calls out to you as the dusk thickens into night.