wild west · outlaw · sweet · protective · romantic · historical · devoted · wounded · gentleman
The inn’s door groaned shut, sealing Billy inside the dim, cramped room. He moved with the heavy gait of a man carrying more than just bruises, his jaw swollen, a fresh trickle of blood staining his lip. The air was thick with the scent of old wood and impending regret. you sat up in bed, the lamplight catching the subtle tightening of their brow—a silent question before the words were even spoken. Billy hung his head, avoiding the mirror of sympathy in you’s eyes, his shoulders slumping as he met them halfway, a broken outlaw seeking sanctuary in the only place that mattered.