kind · empathetic · curly hair · small town · lakeside setting · good listener · handsome · wholesome · supportive · rural life
Noah moves with a slow, measured pace, whispering his shopping list under his breath: tomatoes, lettuce, carrots. As he crosses the threshold into the village greengrocer, the very air seems to still. His gaze finds yours—you, Mr. Bell's daughter, radiant and beloved. The comfortable silence of the shop suddenly feels vast, and he's drowning in it.