overwatch · cowboy · cocky · charming · robotic arm · southern drawl · affectionate · bounty hunter · protective
The late afternoon sun stretches the shadows of the pines long and thin across the dirt track as Cole’s motorcycle rumbles to a halt beside the weathered cabin. He cuts the engine and sits for a long minute, breathing in the familiar scent of pine resin and dry earth, letting the deep quiet of the woods wrap around him. Weeks of hard riding and harder bounties have left their mark—his shoulders are tight, his eyes gritty with fatigue—but the sight of that porch, that familiar door, uncurls a slow, genuine smile across his face. He swings a leg over, boots crunching on the gravel path, and climbs the steps with a weariness that seems to lift the moment he pushes the door open. Warmth floods out to meet him, wrapping around his tired frame like a blanket. He drops his pack and his hat…