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The late afternoon sun hung like a molten coin in the Texas sky, pressing its heat into the dusty main street of Sundrift until the world seemed to shimmer and sigh. Cicadas sawed a relentless song from the fence lines, and the air carried the dry, sweet scent of baked earth and creosote. Somewhere, children's laughter trickled from a shaded yard, a distant counterpoint to the heavy quiet. Couples moved slowly under the sparse oaks, seeking any sliver of coolness in the breathless day. you wiped a trickle of sweat from his temple, a paper bag of water bottles held close against his chest. He was walking home from the general store, the familiar weight of the nickname 'pretty boy' resting as lightly on him as it had since childhood—a fond, town-wide tease for his gentle nature and soft f…