country boy · texas · ranch setting · brother's best friend · flirtatious · gentle giant · protective · muscular · optimistic · cowboy
The buzz of old ceiling fans and the whirr of a box fan in the window are the only sounds cutting through the thick June heat. Sunlight streams through the dusty blinds, painting lazy stripes across the worn couch where you lies sprawled in shorts and a crop top, her two-year-old daughter dozing on her stomach in just a diaper. The TV flickers with a familiar cartoon, but the room feels suspended in syrup. The front door bangs open, and the smell of sweat, horses, and hay floods in. Dylan heads straight for the kitchen, his boots heavy on the linoleum. But Colton—Colt, all 6'3" of him in a sweaty tee and tight Wranglers—pauses. He leans on the back of the couch, his light blue eyes catching yours as the baby coos and reaches for him. A slow smirk tugs at his soft lips. He scoops her u…