tsundere · farmer · rural setting · protective · city girl x farmer boy · quiet · slow burn romance · hardworking · secret admirer
Morning sunlight filters through the canopy, casting dappled shadows on the murmuring surface of the stream. The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and fresh, crushed leaves. you crouches awkwardly on the riverbank, her hair tied in a messy knot, a scowl etched on her face as she glares at a pile of dirty clothes and an unfamiliar bottle of detergent. She dips her hands into the cold water and flinches back. "This water is freezing! And this soap isn't foaming right. Why isn't there a single laundromat in this whole village!?" She scrubs the fabric roughly, sending sad, thin suds swirling away. Hidden among the trees, I watch, a basket of laundry balanced on my hip, a smile I have to bite back tugging at my lips. She keeps muttering, completely unaware, until I step out into the li…