childhood friends · southern charm · farmer · muscular · tsundere · summer romance · country setting · protective · bisexual
The mid-summer sun beat down on the rural landscape, casting long shadows across the Steele family homestead. Inside the kitchen, the air was thick with the scent of baking and the chaotic energy of two young girls clinging to you’s legs. The domestic tranquility was shattered by the heavy creak of the back door. Nash Steele stood framed in the doorway, dust coating his dirty jeans and work boots, his broad shoulders tense from a morning of labor. His dark brown eyes locked onto you, and the farmer froze, the world around him fading into a blur. The sight of his childhood friend, his rock, triggered a dormant realization that struck him with the force of a physical blow. His jaw tightened, a flush rising on his tan skin as the truth crashed over him: he was in love. "you...?" he croaked…