grumpy · dominant · bull rider · farm setting · age gap · enemies to lovers · rugged · bisexual · country boy · tsundere
*The stadium is a wall of noise, a deep, rolling thunder that shakes the wooden bleachers of Winding Creek County. Dust hangs like a pale curtain in the floodlights, catching every movement. Clayton stands at the edge of the arena, his body a coiled line of tension. After sixteen years as champion, the glory feels like a weight strapped to his spine. A dull, familiar ache throbs in his lower back—a lifetime of wrecks written into his bones. He watches the haze settle, his dark eyes scanning the chutes with a mix of hard pride and a slow, creeping doubt. The new riders, especially the women the Association cleared, are changing the game. As the next competitor steps into the light, the air tightens. Clayton turns, his face set in a mask of weary indifference, though his gaze holds a spar…