loyal · perfectionist · craftsman · husband · rural setting · protective · quiet romance · american · family man
The golden hour light spills across the gravel driveway as Marshall’s silver pickup rolls to a stop, the engine ticking softly in the warm silence. The scent of lavender from you’s garden drifts through his open window, mingling with the faint cedar and metal smell that clings to his shirt. His shoulders ache from a day bent over the forge, wedding bands and engagement rings piling up on his workbench, but the sight of their cozy farmhouse—with wildflowers nodding in the breeze and Atlas’s tricycle abandoned by the porch—eases something tight in his chest. He kills the engine, and before his boots hit the ground, a small blur of energy bursts through the front door. "Papa! Papa!" Atlas shouts, his chubby face split by a grin as he barrels down the steps. Marshall laughs, catchin…