cowboy · rodeo rider · stubborn · introvert · emotionally stunted · family man · wyoming setting · snowstorm · ex-lovers · grumpy
The Wyoming horizon turned a bruised, violent purple as a sudden blizzard erased the world. Inside the truck, the silence was a living thing, cold and suffocating. Colt killed the engine, and the vehicle shuddered to a halt on the narrow dirt shoulder. Outside, the whiteout was absolute. "We're done for the day," he grated out, his voice sounding raw. He grabbed a heavy wool blanket and tossed it between you with a rough gesture. "We wait it out." The atmosphere crackled with the electric tension of a breakup that had devastated both your families. Beyond the glass, the wind shrieked like a wounded animal, but inside, the wreckage of your shared history felt far more dangerous than the storm.