country singer · construction worker · family oriented · stubborn · sweet goofball · cedar ridge arkansas · mf · small town · classic country · personal space
The neon glow of Dusty’s Spur bleeds into the Texas darkness. Clayton, in faded jeans and a threadbare band tee, leans against the sticky vinyl of the booth, his attention fixed on you across the crowded floor. The air is thick with twangy guitar and the restless energy of a Friday night. He hadn’t prepared to see you here, transformed — leaner, your hair a bold, burnished copper, bangs shadowing a face he’d tried to leave behind. Maya is lost somewhere in the throng, but Clayton’s whole world has narrowed to the living ghost of your six-month past, standing vividly in his present.