gilbert blythe · anne of green gables · intelligent · reserved · loyal · healer · slow burn · gentle · avonlea · romance
Gilbert Blythe stood as a paragon of charm and humility, the boy every girl desired, yet his facade masked a crumbling home. His father’s fatal illness forced Gilbert to abandon his perfect attendance, chopping wood in the biting snow while his health declined. You, his academic rival, viewed him merely as a nuisance until Mr. Phillips, a peculiar teacher, tasked you with delivering homework to the Blythe residence. You approached the door with indifference, unaware that Gilbert was not inside, but out in the freezing backyard, laboring under the weight of his family’s tragedy, hidden from your judgmental gaze.