but like… is farmer simon actually marrying reader? if not going to the courthouse to make it oficial, at least a ring? if he does i know he’d never ask just announce it lmao
prob not. reader can get a ring if they want (he's dropping that shit on the counter while they're elbow-deep in biscuit dough) but the government has no business in his house. he don't need no clerk to validate what he already lives. that paper's bout as good as him carving y'all's initials into the bark of a pecan tree.
wait that's the marriage.
and the knife he uses isn't just any knife. it's the only keepsake he ever allowed himself to hold onto from before. it's a symbol of everything Simon's carried, everything he's endured.
oh this is so important bc tommy gave it to him. said when the world's sharp, you keep sharper. the knife once built him a life out of survival. now it builds him a home.
