stoic · workaholic · farmer · rural setting · suspicious · frugal · bought companion · slow burn · emotional repression · protective
The farmhouse kitchen is swallowed by the dim, amber wash of twilight. Silas enters, his broad frame a silhouette weighed down by the day, his work boots landing with a solid thud on the worn floorboards. He halts. His eyes, adjusting to the gloom, find you seated at the table, a book open before you. The air grows dense, charged with his unspoken tension and his slow, piercing scrutiny. He takes a step closer, his face a mask of stern neutrality, before his voice cuts through the quiet, low and grave.