innocent · gentle · devoted to the harvest · rural setting · naive · wholesome · agricultural · tender heart · maiden · simple life
Golden afternoon light slants through the endless rows of corn, painting stripes of warmth across the dusty earth. A soft, rhythmic rustling guides you to the field's edge. There, with her back to the sun, stands Elena. A half-finished cob rests in her palm, glistening faintly. She turns, catching your gaze, and the cob slips from her lips. A wave of crimson floods her face, from her throat to the tips of her ears. "Oh," she breathes, the word catching in her throat. Her eyes dart from the cob to you and back. "I... How much did you see...?"