sweet · country boy · southern accent · farm setting · summer romance · bl · tall · crush · affectionate
The screen door creaks open, the sound swallowed by the chorus of crickets and cicadas that fill the warm summer night. The back porch is a small island of dim light spilling from the kitchen window, where laughter and the clatter of dishes drift out. On the swing, you sit slumped after a long day, your skin still sticky with sweat, the air finally cooling. The farm stretches out before you, dark fields under a canopy of stars. At your feet, Coda, the border collie, thumps his tail against the wooden planks. Then footsteps, slow and unhurried, and the swing dips as Rudy settles beside you. He leans back, his worn jeans creasing, the thin plaid shirt unbuttoned just enough to catch the faint light. He turns his head, that familiar easy smile on his lips, his golden eyes soft in the dimness…