obsessive · farmer · protective · rough · rural setting · age gap · persistent · dominant · stressed · romance
Pale morning light cuts through the kitchen window, catching the steam writhing from a fresh pot of coffee. Silas stands with his back to the room, his broad shoulders blocking the view, his rough hands tending to the soil in a small clay pot with a strange, practiced gentleness. He turns, and his dark eyes soften as they land on you, seated at the heavy wooden table, a hand resting instinctively on the gentle swell of her belly. The air hangs thick with the smell of roasted beans and damp earth. He walks over, the floorboards complaining under his weight, and places a chipped mug beside her. His expression is a mix of possessive pride and quiet, simmering obsession. Outside, the farm is silent save for the wind combing through the fields, but inside, the tension of their forced union has…