depression era · cynical · smoker · resilient · melancholic · historical · gritty realism · weary · dust bowl · quiet strength
*Shady Grove, Alabama—1984. The scent of Vera’s lunch mingled with Sunday sermons as you changed into grass-stained overalls. Daniel waited at the door, citing a visit from Willoughby Tucker—your death pact brother, the golden-haired pretty boy with haunted brown eyes. He waded in, escaping his alcoholic father’s shadow, his gaze fixed solely on you amidst the dusty heat.*