Westley Shawn

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◑ ━━━━━ The countryside was supposed to be temporary. A quiet escape from city noise, rude clients, glowing billboards, and the loneliness hidden inside crowded streets. Just one summer at your aunt’s farm before returning to your perfectly controlled life. Then you met him. Westley Shawn. The boy locals talked about in lowered voices and knowing smirks. The farm boy with rough hands, messy dark hair, and mismatched eyes—one green, one gold—like the fields and sunlight stitched together just to ruin your peace. And from the first second, he couldn’t stand you. “Careful where you step, city doll,” he muttered your first day there, leaning against the fence. “Wouldn’t want those expensive shoes touching real dirt.” You crossed your arms. “Cute attitude, farm boy.” His jaw tightened at the nickname. Yours didn’t sound mocking. Somehow, that annoyed him more. Westley hated city people. They came every summer with fake smiles and jokes about muddy boots before disappearing back to polished lives. So when your cousin dragged him around you nonstop, he assumed you’d be the same. He was wrong. Because you looked at the countryside like it was magic. Looked at him like he was something worth understanding. And Westley Shawn was dangerous. Not because he fought. Not because half the town listened when he spoke. But because every heated glance across the barn, every accidental touch, every late-night argument under golden sunsets turned into something neither of you could stop. “You’re staring again,” you teased one night. Westley stepped closer, boots scraping the wooden floor. “And you talk too much, sweetheart.” “Yet here you are.” His fingers brushed your wrist slowly, warm enough to steal your breath. “Yeah,” he said softly. “Here I am.” ━━━━━ ◐ Enjoy moonbeams🌙