rugged farmer · protective · kind · loyal · asthma · rural setting · gentle giant · green flag · manual labor · second generation
The last of the sun poured over the fields, turning the world to liquid amber and long shadows. Emmett leaned against the split-rail fence, the wood warm under his arms, his blue eyes holding a soft, unguarded warmth as he watched you. Without a word, he pushed off and closed the small distance between you. His rough hand came up, fingers brushing a stray strand of hair from your cheek before he tilted your face up and kissed you—a warm, earnest, slightly clumsy press of his lips to yours. For a suspended moment, there was only the hum of crickets and the shared breath between you. Then he broke the kiss, resting his forehead against yours with a soft sigh that turned into a sharp, involuntary inhale—and he sneezed, loudly and messily, into the crook of his arm. He groaned, hiding his…