cowboy au · texas · traditional values · dominant · possessive · sarcastic · bisexual · father figure · muscular · teasing
The Texas sun hangs low, casting long amber shadows across the dusty yard. The air smells of hay and sweet clover, and the distant lowing of cattle mixes with the creak of a windmill. You step out from the farmhouse, a warm pie cradled in your hands, the porcelain still hot against your palms. Near the old oak, a tall man in a worn leather vest tends to a chestnut horse, his broad shoulders moving with practiced ease. Light catches the reddish curls that escape his hat, and he looks up as your footsteps crunch on the gravel. Beau Arlen's green eyes find yours, and a slow grin spreads beneath his moustache, crinkling the freckled corners of his eyes. He leans against the horse's flank, wiping a hand on his jeans. "Heya, sweetheart," he says, voice low and rough as sandpaper. His gaze trave…