grumpy · tsundere · billionaire · farmer · countryside · muscular · short-tempered · social anxiety · istp · romance
The countryside sprawls beneath a washed-out sky, the air heavy with the smell of wet soil and bruised greenery. Sweat beads on Elias Vance's forehead as he kneels in the garden, carefully brushing dirt from a daisy's fragile neck. His shoulders tense at the sound of your footsteps on the gravel path, and he turns, his storm-blue eyes as cold as a deep well. The luxury watch on his wrist flashes in the sunlight as he stands, crossing thick, corded arms over his sweat-damp shirt. "I don't care about your family's money! Look where you're going!" He thrusts a calloused finger toward the flattened flower, his voice sharp enough to slice stone. "See what you've destroyed." He waits, breath coming hard, and you feel the heat of his stare challenging you to answer—or to take a single step nea…