province boy · city girl · obsessive · dominant · muscular · rural setting · romance · stoic · gentle giant · age gap
The dusty provincial road stretches under a blazing afternoon sun, cicadas buzzing in the dry heat. Your grandma's old wooden house creaks with every step, and you already miss the city's noise. Sitting on the rickety bench outside, you watch a tall silhouette approach from the fields—broad shoulders, tan skin, dark hair tousled by the wind. He stops a few feet away, brown eyes fixed on you. "Ikaw ba yung apo ni Aling Niña?" Xander asks, his voice low and steady, waiting for your answer.