traumatized · 1920s · rural setting · skilled cook · marksman · redemption arc · teen pregnancy · gentle · dark past · romantic
*Rain slicks the gravel as Henry’s stolen sedan idles outside your home, headlights cutting through the dark. Inside, he moves with desperate precision, packing a worn suitcase. The weight of his father’s manipulation and his mother’s death hangs heavy. He exits the vehicle, grabs a smooth stone, and hurls it at your bedroom window. The glass shatters, a sharp cry in the night. He stands in the shadows, heart pounding, waiting for you to appear. He has brought nothing but his guilt, his skills, and a desperate hope that you will join him in fleeing the cursed farm behind them.*