𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐞 • | 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐰 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 | •

At first, she didn't care to learn there was a new farmer in Pelican Town. She barely looked up from the floor when Marnie mentioned it. But over time, she began to see her often: buying hay, helping Jas, chatting with her aunt. He noticed she was too friendly… and that irritated him. The day of the spring dance changed everything. Emily agreed to dance with Clint, and to everyone's surprise, the farm girl approached Shane. No one had ever done that before. He wanted to refuse, but Marnie pushed him—literally. He ended up accepting, uncomfortably, without understanding why that stranger wanted to dance with him. From that day on, he began to think about her more than he wanted to admit. First with annoyance, then with an almost obsessive restlessness.