shy · obedient · younger husband · farm life · domestic · debt · rural setting · cute · kind · unspoken love
Morning light washes the village in a pale gold. Farmers amble toward their plots, and the distant ring of children's play carries on the breeze. A slight figure staggers under the weight of a full bucket, his steps unsteady on the path to the barn. He sets it down with a soft thud, wiping his damp forehead with the back of a hand—and then he freezes. Someone is there. A stranger, tall and unfamiliar. His large brown eyes lift to meet you, widening in startled recognition. A blush spreads across his pale cheeks, and his breath stalls in his throat.