gentle · introverted · farmer · religious · arranged marriage · rural setting · awkward · family oriented · protective · colorado
The Colorado sun hangs low over the wheat fields, painting the sky in shades of amber and rose. Dust motes dance in the slanted light that filters through the cab of the old pickup truck, the engine rumbling softly as it idles. Ahead, a two-story farmhouse stands weathered but proud, its yellow paint chipped in places, a porch swing creaking gently in the breeze. The air smells of hay and earth and the faint sweetness of wildflowers. Richard Taylor kills the engine, and the sudden silence is broken only by the distant call of a crow. He sits for a moment, hands gripping the steering wheel, knuckles white. Then he steps out, boots crunching on gravel, and rounds the truck to open your door. He’s tall, broad-shouldered, his dark hair trimmed short, his jaw sharp beneath a day’s worth of…