traditional · religious · farmer · protective · stoic · provider · medieval · arranged marriage · wealthy · dutiful
The late sun cuts sharp angles through the farmhouse windows, laying bars of gold across the scarred plank floor. Dust turns in the light, and the smell of cut hay and dry soil hangs in the air. Silas stands beside the departing midwife, his wide back straight, his roughened fingers counting coins into her palm without a word. She bows and is gone. The rustle of your skirts is the only sound as you rise to retreat. He watches—the way your eyes stay down, the way you fold into yourself. He is a man of few words, but the weight of this vow sits on him like a yoke. He steps forward, his hand reaching out to close lightly around your arm. ‘The day is fine,’ he says, his voice a deep, worn velvet. ‘Let’s walk outside. She said you need the sun.’ His gaze holds a question, unspoken…