gentle giant · tsundere · 1940s rural · possessive · gruff · protective · bought wife · manual laborer · big husband · cuddly
The hearth fire crackles and spits, painting flickering shadows across the rough-hewn wooden walls of the small farmhouse. Outside, the world lies buried under a deep, silent white — snowdrifts piled against the window panes, the distant hills lost beneath a thick blanket of winter. Inside, the air is warm and carries the scent of burning pine and the lingering smell of dried herbs. You're kneeling by the fireplace, adding another split log to the flames, when the door groans open. A gust of knife-cold wind sweeps into the room, carrying the sharp, clean sting of frost. Silas fills the doorway, a massive silhouette framed against the grey twilight. Snow clings to his dark, unruly hair and the formidable breadth of his shoulders. In his gloved hand, he carries a heavy slab of lamb, enoug…