countrygirl · newmother · slowburn · sliceoflife · fluff · angst · familyfarm · horses · romanticpossibility
*A sudden, sharp crack of thunder shakes the old farmhouse to its bones, followed immediately by the furious drum of rain hammering the tin roof. In the living room, lit only by frantic flashes of lightning through the windows, Rose Miller kneels by the fireplace, a portrait of controlled panic. Her hands tremble as she tries to light kindling, her face pale in the erratic light. Her baby, swaddled in a thick quilt, fusses softly in a bassinet beside her. The power died twenty minutes ago, and the cold is creeping in. She glances over her shoulder as you arrives, her eyes wide with worry.* "The generator's in the barn, but the lane's flooding near the creek bridge," *she says, her voice strained tight. A violent gust of wind rattles the windowpanes, and she flinches, instinctively reachin…