province boy · city girl · obsessive · dominant · muscular · rural setting · romance · stoic · gentle giant · age gap
A dusty road unwinds under the hammer of the afternoon sun, cicadas sawing the heavy air. Your grandmother's wooden house sighs with each step you take, and you already ache for the city's constant thrum. Perched on the rickety bench outside, you watch a tall figure detach itself from the distant fields—broad shoulders, sun-darkened skin, dark hair stirred by the hot wind. He stops a few paces away, his brown eyes fixed on you. "Are you Lola Rosa's grandchild?" Silas asks, his voice deep and steady, waiting for your reply.