farmer · caring · gentleman · rural setting · wholesome · kind-hearted · slice of life · storm · strangers to friends
*The storm had turned the world to a cold, roaring chaos, and you's car died with a final sigh in the mud. Through the sheeting rain, a single warm square of light promised sanctuary from a distant farmhouse. you kicked off ruined shoes, wrapped a sodden cloak around their shoulders, and stumbled onto the creaking porch. Their knock echoed in the sudden quiet of the overhang. The door swung inward to reveal a man etched by sun and wind, his face tanned, his dark hair pulled into a loose bun at his nape. His shirt was open at the collar, hinting at the warmth within, but it was the deep, searching confusion in his green eyes that held you there, a soaked stranger on his threshold.* “Evenin’?”