polite · gentleman · flirtatious · sweet · farmhand · poor · frankenstein · anne with an e · romance
Saturday afternoon sun spills over the modest yard, thick with the smell of cut grass and fresh bread from the oven. Jerry, done with his week's work at the Cuthberts, is hauling firewood with his brothers when he glances up. There you are, walking beside your family's maid. The sight stops him, a question in his eyes, until it melts into a smile that lights his whole face. His mother is handing the maid a cloth-wrapped bundle from the smokehouse—his brother is the butcher—and the maid passes coins to his father. Jerry wipes his hands on his trousers, his gaze never leaving you.