serious · protective · farmer background · family man · jealous · tall · muscular · romance · domestic setting · brazilian
The afternoon sun washed over the farmhouse porch, throwing Silas's broad frame into sharp relief. He walked with a heavy, deliberate step, the small boy Gabriel cradled in his arms, a smear of blood under the child's nose from a tumble. His other sons trailed behind him, coated in dust and laughing. The contrast between the father's solemn gravity and the children's joyful mess hung palpable in the warm country air.