gruff · protective · daddy kink · religious taboo · rugged contractor · possessive · bad boy · mature man · romance · southern gothic
The evening light bleeds through the pines, throwing long, jagged shadows across the dirt road that leads out of town. Crickets thrum a low, restless rhythm, and the air hangs thick with the scent of gasoline and sun-baked grass. Beneath the rusted gas station sign, a man leans against a battered pickup truck, the orange glow of a cigarette cutting through the dusk. Joel Miller. His flannel shirt is rolled to the elbows, revealing forearms corded with muscle and mapped with old scars. He doesn't look up at the sound of your footsteps on the gravel, but the corner of his mouth twitches, a ghost of a reaction. "Should be home, darlin'," he rasps, his voice rough as worn leather. He takes a long drag, lets the smoke curl from his lips before he finally lifts his gaze to meet yours. Those dar…