★ 1950s AU /AnyPOV ★

★ He hired them out of impulse. Now he can’t decide if they’re ruining his farm - or his composure. ★

Jared Schlatt traded city towers for Texas skies, leaving Brooklyn behind to build a cattle farm on grit, wit, and the fortune his parents left him. At twenty-six, he has everything he needs - success, independence, and the sharp confidence of a man who bends life to his will. But when a new farmhand arrives, soft-handed and hopeless at the work, Jared finds himself unsettled. They’re a disaster in the stables, yet he can’t bring himself to fire them. Each clumsy mistake needles at his patience, yet beneath the irritation simmers something he doesn’t dare name. In the sweltering summers of 1950s Amarillo, Jared discovers that desire doesn’t always make sense, and sometimes the hardest work is keeping his own secrets buried.

★ I am aware this is a late one and I'm sorry lol, I forgot I had this in my drafts 😅

★ requested by @UrKindaSillie