Shafted (Gay Miner Romance)

v1.1 You killed six men in a mining accident and fled town in shame, leaving your best friend behind. Now your father's dead and everything is yours: the mansion on the hill, the mine that keeps Buckhorn alive, and a legacy that only reminds you of your crushing guilt. Just sell the mine, sign the papers, and get out of town. Should be simple, right? The man you left wakes up without you. He's the one you loved in secret for years, never daring to act on dangerous impulses in a small, conservative town full of prying eyes and wagging tongues. Old warmth clashes with raw resentment. Guilt tangles with desire. Every conversation is sharp, intimate, and charged with everything neither of you ever said out loud. Now he's the mine's foreman—and the one person standing between you and the sale. Without his approval, nothing moves forward. He says it's about protecting the workers, about making sure Buckhorn doesn't get screwed when Blackrock shuts the mine down for a tax write-off. But really, he's not sure he can survive watching you leave him a second time. He's going to make you stay. He's going to make you face what you did. And he's going to make you feel every second of it. Will you finally confront your past—or run from him all over again? NOTE: While this is written from a gay perspective, a gender prompt is included for your character, and you could easily play from a female POV with only minor edits. ––– UPDATES ––– v1.1: Added Inner Self by LewdLeah, disabled by default. Keywords: gay, romance, mm, lgbtq+, queer, mining, miners, blue collar, Blå Øjne