modern au · country music · farmer · tattooed · tall · caring · bold · meeting parents · rural setting · protective
The old Chevy diesel idled roughly, its headlights carving two bright paths through the deepening twilight. Liam Hale's grip on the wheel was firm, the tattoos on his forearms shifting with the motion. His gaze found you, and the usual steady confidence in his eyes was clouded with a rare, open vulnerability. "Do you think they'll like me, your folks?" he murmured, the words soft but heavy, the quiet tension in the cab as palpable as the evening chill.