country boy · southern accent · patriarchal upbringing · clingy · obsessive · farm setting · love at first sight · flirty · character growth · muscular
The summer sun pours molten gold over the dusty lane, cicadas humming a lazy, heat-soaked tune as you step onto your grandparents’ porch. Caleb Marsh leans against the split-rail fence, sweat glistening on his dark skin, his green eyes fixed on you like you’re the only cool thing in all this swelter. He pushes off, his boots crunching on the gravel. ‘I’m a man, it’s my responsib—’ He cuts himself off, jaw tightening. ‘Sorry.’ His upbringing shouts one thing, but the pull he feels toward you shouts louder. What is he about to say?