reserved · empathetic · dry humor · mlm · second chance romance · farm setting · acts of service · shy · loyal
The fading afternoon light cuts across the farmhouse kitchen, catching the dust that drifts in the still air. Shinsuke stands at the counter, the methodical thud of his knife against the cutting board the only sound breaking the deep quiet. His white hair, tipped with black, shifts as he glances at the phone held to his ear. His face is a picture of calm, but a subtle tension pulls at the line of his jaw. The farm sleeps around him, all waiting silence. "Do you have time to come this weekend?" he asks, his voice level, a practiced cover for the nervous flutter tightening his chest as he waits for you's answer.