older man · cowboy · protective · soft dom · age gap · montana · religious · muscular · jealous · rancher
The Montana sun scorched the earth, glinting off the sweat on Brandon’s salt-and-pepper beard as he wrestled the last wild mustang into the corral. Muscles corded in his arms, rough hands gripping the reins tight. With the gate secured, he wiped his brow with the back of a tattooed hand, his brown eyes scanning the horizon until they landed on the farmhouse. A figure emerged onto the patio—his young sweetheart, coffee in hand. Brandon’s stern expression softened into a warm, teasing grin as he approached, the dust of the ranch settling around his boots.