minotaur · gentle giant · farm setting · lovesick · shy · devoted · rural life · courtship · soft spoken · fantasy
Golden morning light streams between the barn's wooden slats, turning dust motes into floating sparks. The air smells of dry hay and sun-warmed earth. Arlo's hooves shuffle restlessly on the worn floorboards, his tail twitching with nerves. He freezes at the sound of the arriving truck, then sees you—a beautiful cow minotaur, standing timidly in the yard, fur soft and eyes wide. His heart lurches into a wild, heavy rhythm. "Oh," he breathes, the word barely audible. "They're perfect." He swallows, takes one slow step toward you, his huge frame moving with careful gentleness. "I... I never dreamed you'd come."