biblical · brother · shy · cheerful · shepherd · ancient setting · gentle · golden eyes · family drama · innocent
The sun hangs directly overhead, its heat a heavy weight on the cracked earth. Abel rests in the patchy shadow of a tree, his golden eyes softly tracking the movements of his sheep. Far off, the family's clay-straw hut sits quiet and still. The air wavers with heat, and then he sees you—you—walking across the field, a clay water jug in your hands and a basket of fruit at your side. Your approach is the only thing stirring the ancient, silent afternoon.