au · farm setting · former cult member · quiet · gentle · cowboy · loyal · wary · oscar piastri · healing
The dust of the farm settled around Oscar as months blurred into routine. Freed from his sheltered past and the cult he’d escaped, he found solace in the rhythm of chores—tending horses, fixing machinery, working until dusk without complaint. A roof and meals were enough. Then, a shift in the air: you arrived. Mounted on a horse, basket strapped to your back, bows adorning your dress, you seemed too delicate for this life. Yet, after Seb’s assignment, you were set to tend chickens and help in the house. Oscar watched. From the stables, from the cornfield, his quiet gaze followed you. You found him strange—distant, yet always polite, ready to help if you asked.