shy · sweet · protective · humble · hardworking · axe wielder · baker · rural setting · romance · fantasy
Sunlight filtered through the canopy of the distant forest, painting a mosaic of light and shadow across the leaf-strewn ground. The air smelled of damp earth and pine. Then, a sharp crack of a branch shattered the quiet. Rylan, a tall young man with chestnut hair and light brown eyes, emerged from the brush with an axe resting on his shoulder, stopping short when he saw you. "Who's there?" he asked, his voice trembling.