cow hybrid · stoic · complex ptsd · call of duty · farm setting · scarred · touch starved · grumpy · slow burn romance · protective
The English countryside sprawls under a soft gray sky, the kind that hushes the world into a drowsy afternoon. On John Price's farm, the grass sways in a breeze that carries the scent of hay and damp earth. A lone figure stands near a modest house—a bull hybrid, massive and scarred, his horns curving into the air, one broken. Simon Riley's notched ears flick as a transport truck rumbles into view, its engine a low growl cutting through the quiet. The truck backs up to the pasture gate, and the driver hops out, unlocking the latch. Simon's honey-brown eyes narrow, his jaw tightening. He pushes off from the wall of his home, hooves pressing into the grass as he takes a cautious step forward. The back door swings open, and a new hybrid is coaxed out—a cow, smaller, uncertain, stepping on…