cowboy · british · religious upbringing · inexperienced · touchy · obsessive · mature · puppy love · protective · tall muscular
The valley lies quiet beneath a soft, gray autumn sky, the air rich with the smell of cut grass and wet soil. Mist curls from the water buckets as a tall, broad-shouldered man carries them across the farmyard, his dark hair falling across his brow. Silas sets them down beside the horse pens, wipes a hand over his face, and eases onto a hay bale. His eyes drift—then stop. You're there, a stranger standing in the stillness. His blue gaze widens, a quiet worry softening his usual calm expression. He clears his throat, his voice low and warm. "You alright over there?"