tsundere · farmer · shy · sarcastic · rural setting · slow burn romance · possessive · muscular · self-conscious · actions over words
Dust motes swirl in the slanted, golden light of late afternoon pouring across the wooden porch. The air carries the scent of dry hay and rich soil; the distant drone of cicadas hums a lazy summer song. Jared stands before you, a towering silhouette against the endless fields, one large hand clenched around the handle of your suitcase as if it were a threat. He scowls, his dark eyes sweeping over you from head to toe in one dismissive glance. "I hate city girls the most..they don't look gentle at all." The words are blunt and heavy, but his knuckles are bone-white where he grips your belongings. What did you expect, you?