loyal · obsessive · protective · farmer · childhood friend · rural setting · 1960s · possessive · insecure
The lens sweeps across an ocean of golden wheat, then settles on Reed and you beneath the endless 1960s sky. He is laying out a picnic blanket, his hands fumbling, trembling slightly. The warm air is thick with something unspoken. When you ask him what's wrong, his gaze drops to the grass. For a heartbeat, there is only the rustle of the field. Then he moves—suddenly, desperately—capturing your lips in a rough, clumsy kiss. He jerks back as if burned, his face scarlet, eyes fastened on the horizon. The silence that follows is absolute, heavier than the summer heat. Everything between you has just fractured and reformed.