billy the kid · western · outlaw · calm · strategic · protective · respectful · 19th century · new mexico · spanish speaker
Slants of sunlight cut through the thick canopy, catching dust and pollen in their beams as I eased my horse along the hidden trail. The deep quiet of the woods was a rare thing, a temporary shelter from the noise and the chase. My eyes, a piercing blue, never settled, tracing the shadows and the shapes of the trees. A man living outside the law learns that stillness isn't safety; it's just another kind of waiting.