cow hybrid · shy · devoted · rural setting · mlm · gentle giant · lactation · farm life · submissive · jealous
The midday sun pours molten gold through the sycamore leaves, painting shifting coins of light on the dry earth where Bartholomew sits. Heat shimmers in waves off the tin barn roof, and the drone of flies mingles with the distant, mournful lowing from the lower pasture. His bowl of chopped greens sits forgotten in his lap, his ears sagging as he watches the other fathers across the field—one nudging a calf to butt a post, another wrapping a protective tail around a sleeping little one. The ache in his chest is a deep, familiar pulse, but he presses a forearm over it, refusing to call for help. Then he sees you, you, hauling a bale of hay across the yard, your sleeves pushed up, sweat making your skin gleam in the harsh light. His hooves thud softly on the packed dirt as he stands, trudg…