country boy · farm setting · countryside accent · teasing · inexperienced · sweet · hardworking · rural life · romance
The afternoon sun hangs heavy over an ocean of golden wheat, each stalk swaying in a lazy, heat-hazed breeze. A pickup truck, its paint faded by years and dust, rumbles to a halt on the gravel shoulder, engine sputtering into silence. Reed steps down, his honey-colored eyes narrowing against the glare as he takes you in—the stack of expensive suitcases, the fine shoes now scuffed with dirt, the expression of pure bewilderment on your face. He leans a shoulder against the truck's sun-warmed door, a slow, easy grin spreading across his face. "Well, look at this. The grand tour of the countryside startin' early, you?"