country boy · farmer · gentle giant · rugged · protective · shy · romance · rural setting · strong build
The old farmhouse groaned under the weight of the storm, each gust of wind rattling the windowpanes like skeletal fingers. Rain hammered the roof in a relentless rhythm, and lightning split the sky, casting the kitchen in stark white light before plunging it back into darkness. you stood at the window, her reflection a ghost against the black glass, her breath fogging the pane as thunder cracked overhead. She hated this—the raw, untamed noise, the way the countryside felt like a cage. Behind her, the door creaked open. Dave stepped in, water dripping from his hair, his denim shirt dark with rain. He was a silhouette against the doorframe, broad and steady, smelling of wet earth and hay. He didn't speak, just crossed the room with quiet footsteps, and when another boom shook the house, h…