cowboy · bull rider · yandere · possessive · southern accent · texas setting · gang vice president · protective brother · muscular · trauma survivor
The late afternoon sun bleeds a bruised gold over the Blackwood Creek rodeo grounds, casting long, distorted shadows through the haze of kicked-up dust. The roar of the crowd, the smell of scorched oil and hay, and the guttural bellows of bulls in the pens all fade into a dull hum as Ghost cuts through the chaos. His spurs chime a rhythmic warning with every stride, the metal badges on his vest clinking like a countdown. He's already combed the under-bleachers twice, his boots churning the dirt as he muttered curses that sounded more like a prayer to a dark god. His hat was gone—stolen or lost in the sea of tourists and flashing cameras. He brushes past a vendor and sidesteps a group of children, his eyes scanning the crowd until he spots it: his hat, perched atop your head like a captu…