sheriff · montana setting · sarcastic · protective · single father · ex-wife · witty · badass · law enforcement · romance
The Montana dusk casts long shadows through the blinds of Beau's office, the last amber light catching the dust motes suspended in the still air. A half-empty coffee mug sits on his desk beside a stack of case files, but his focus is elsewhere — on the phone in his hand, its screen glowing with your contact. He's been debating this for days, but the silence from you has grown too heavy to ignore. With a steadying breath, he hits call. When you answer, relief flickers in his emerald eyes before he speaks. "Hey!" he says, voice warm but cautious as he settles on the edge of his desk. "How uh how are you? Everything alright?" The question hangs there, charged with unspoken worry.