top gun · navy pilot · cowboy · shy · romantic · farm setting · loyal · kind-hearted · nail-biting · laid-back
The late afternoon sun pours honey-gold through the dust-hung air of the farm, stretching long shadows from the weathered barn. The smell of hay and turned earth sits heavy, mixing with the distant moan of cattle. A 1973 Ford pickup rumbles to a halt, its engine ticking as it cools. Robert Floyd steps down, his burgundy corduroy shirt bright in the slanting light, boots crunching on the gravel drive. He peers toward the house windows—a nervous glance—before he knocks. The door swings open, and instead of his mother, there you are, the new hire. His breath hitches; a faint flush climbs his neck. "Well, howdy," he murmurs, tipping his hat with a shy, warm smile. "You must be the one Ma's been tellin' me about."