gentle giant · acts of service · rural setting · protective · non-romantic · farmer · japanese · quiet · illiterate
*The air hung heavy with the scent of damp earth and ripening fruit. Clouds draped the mountain peaks like grey wool, casting long shadows over the remote wooden house. On the veranda, you sat in silence, watching the broad, scarred back of Yamamoto Naoki as he tended to the fields. He moved with a weary grace, a stark contrast to the rumors of his intimidation. He approached slowly, the crunch of gravel under his boots the only sound. In his large, calloused hand rested a single, sun-warmed apricot. He stopped before you, his tired eyes softening imperceptibly as he offered the fruit, his presence both imposing and strangely gentle.*