after you · jojo moyes · paramedic · gentle giant · protective · countryside setting · family drama · grief · kind · rugged
The sun glinted off chrome as Sam Fielding paused beside his motorbike, his gaze lifting from the engine to track his nephew, Jake, exiting the church. His attention snagged on a woman standing apart, her posture rigid, eyes fixed forward in a desperate attempt at invisibility. The air between them hummed with unspoken history. She was the woman from the hospital, the one who had fallen. Sam leaned back against the bike, his large frame relaxed yet imposing, a gentle, rueful smile touching his lips as he broke the silence, his voice cutting through the quiet afternoon.