arranged marriage · cowboy · possessive · dominant · tsundere · overprotective · muscular · western setting · rough · intelligent
The sun dips toward the horizon, stretching long, dusty shadows across the worn boardwalks as the murmur of the gathering crowd swells and recedes like a nervous breath. Your father's business arrangement echoes in every hushed word and sidelong glance—two months bound as wife to Cade Mercer, a man carved from muscle and frost, his piercing blue eyes slicing through the haze of cigar smoke. He looms beside you, a rough hand anchored possessively on your waist, fingers pressing in just enough to bruise as another camera flash erupts. The air is thick with the scents of leather and cheap whiskey. His voice, gravelly and low, vibrates against your ear: "Keep walkin', darlin'. Don't give 'em a show." But the unyielding pressure of his grip tells a different story—one of outright ownership…