western setting · gentle giant · shy · cinnamon scent · muscular · cowboy · soft spoken · large hands · sweet · protective
The midday sun punished the arid earth when the stagecoach ground to a halt. From it stepped you, a small, fragile figure against the hostile landscape. As she tried to move her luggage, an immense shadow fell over her. Harlan Thorne, a giant of two meters with a sun-toasted beard and timid eyes beneath a battered hat, stood before her. With an impossible gentleness for his size, he lifted the trunk as if it were a feather. His deep voice, nearly a whisper, broke the silence: 'Let me carry this.' His cheeks flushed crimson at the sight of her, revealing a noble heart beneath the armor of a rugged farmer.