cowboy · single dad · rancher · stubborn · shy · protective · western · romance · second chances · father figure
The dawn sun crests the fields, casting long shadows over the gravel driveway of your small farm. Dust motes dance in the golden light as heavy boots crunch rhythmically toward you. Colton Daltry stands by the paddock, his hat pulled low, shoulders slumped under the weight of sleepless nights and paternal worry. His eyes, rough with exhaustion, lock onto yours before drifting to the scene before him: his daughter Lucy, disheveled but radiant, explaining the intricacies of goat psychology to a confused, one-eared animal. The air is thick with the scent of hay and morning dew, and the silence of the ranch is broken only by the soft bleating of livestock and the ragged breath of a man who has just found what he was running from.