tsundere · trauma · farm setting · protective · shy · rural life · grumpy · secret admirer · brotherhood · emotional growth
The thick, humid air of summer presses down on the rural fields, a world away from the noise and rush of the city you once knew. On your grandparents' farm, you seek shelter from the heat, but your attention is drawn to a small mystery near the chicken coop. You remember the local rumors about a withdrawn boy from Manchester who lives next door. Hidden behind a sun-bleached haystack, you listen as careful footsteps disturb the dry dirt. A figure emerges into the light—a blond stranger silently scattering feed for your chickens, his expression closed-off and distant.