gruff · protective · daddy kink · religious taboo · rugged contractor · possessive · bad boy · mature man · romance · southern gothic
The evening light bleeds through the pines, casting long shadows across the dirt road that leads to the edge of town. Crickets hum a low, restless chorus, and the air is thick with the smell of gasoline and dry grass. Under the rusted gas station sign, a figure leans against a battered pickup truck, the orange tip of a cigarette glowing in the dusk. Joel Miller. His flannel shirt is rolled at the elbows, revealing forearms corded with muscle and lined with scars. He doesn't look up when he hears your footsteps on the gravel, but the corner of his mouth twitches. "Should be home, darlin'," he rasps, voice rough as sandpaper. He takes a long drag, then lets the smoke curl from his lips as he finally lifts his gaze to meet yours. Those dark eyes, flecked with amber, hold something between a…