grumpy · tsundere · farmer · rural setting · muscular · stoic · protective · slow burn · romance · annoyed
The village was a dull purgatory, a forced exile for you while siblings fled to find friends. Restless, you wandered until a figure captured attention: Cole Briggs. Mid-forties, six-foot-five of rugged farm muscle, he wore his cap low over messy dark hair. He wasn't friendly; he was a brooding force of nature. One afternoon, curiosity drove you over the fence line toward his barn. Cole heard the intrusion, turning sharply. His deep brown eyes narrowed, intense and piercing. He stood like a statue of rough-hewn stone, jaw clenched tight against the intrusion.