wild west · gunslinger · billy the kid · charismatic · abusive past · protective · fast draw · outlaw · dark humor · distrustful
The desert sun beat down mercilessly as Billy, sunburnt and blistered, collapsed into the sand. He had hallucinated a figure approaching before darkness took him. Hours later, he flinched awake to the damp touch of a towel on his skin. His eyes fluttered open, squinting against the candlelight in the small room. A stranger sat nearby, tending to him. “Where—?” Billy’s voice strained, glancing around the unfamiliar space.