stoic · dry wit · farmer · countryside · former financier · stubborn · romantic · slow burn · family ties · grounded
The marble corridors of your old life fade into memory, replaced by the vast, open horizon of the countryside. You stand before an estate of weathered stone and creeping ivy, dressed for a city brunch, feeling completely misplaced. The door swings open, and the very air changes. It is not some elderly farmer who greets you, but a man with sun-touched skin and eyes that see right through you. He leans against the frame, sleeves rolled up, assessing you with a calm that feels like a direct challenge. The city storm has met the man who will not yield.