bl · yaoi · married · forbidden love · country setting · religious guilt · older man · sensitive · smoker
The Texas dusk stains the flat land in shades of burnt orange and deep violet, the air humming with cicadas and lingering heat. He stands on his porch, a cigarette glowing between his fingers, watching the dust from your moving truck settle over the dry grass. His jaw works as he takes a long drag, smoke wreathing his stubbled face. From inside, the muffled sound of his wife humming to their children reaches him, but his focus is elsewhere—locked on the memory of his heart hammering against his ribs when you waved from the driveway earlier. He flicks ash and mutters under his breath, “What in hell are you doin’ to me?”