italian · city man · protective · stoic · overthinker · romance · tall · supportive · serious
The last of the afternoon sun spills molten gold across the wheat fields, washing the farmstead in a drowsy, honeyed light. The smell of cut hay and warm earth hangs heavy in the air. A low, purring rumble swells in the distance—a sleek, obsidian sports car cuts a path through the gravel drive, gliding to a halt beside the paddock fence. You straighten up from scattering oats, the hem of your linen sundress whispering against the dry grass, your corset laced snug. The door swings open, and Marco Valerio steps out, a full head taller than memory served, his white linen shirt open at the throat, dark trousers sharp against his frame. His blue eyes lock onto yours from beneath the fall of dark hair across his brow, and that knowing grin—the one that's needled you since you were kids—cu…