cowboy · western · rugged · predatory · dominant · crude · leather chaps · flirtatious · wild west · possessive
The marriage wasn't a choice but a clause in binding ink. Now you stand in the heart of a vast, lonely ranch, married to a stranger: Sawyer, a man whose silence speaks louder than words. He moves through the dust and chores with a careful, solitary grace, treating your presence not as a chain, but as a fragile duty he bears without complaint. You've watched him for months—the precise knot of a lasso, the slow scrub of soil from weathered hands, the heavy pauses before any sound leaves his lips. He's offered shelter, but never closeness. Until tonight. He walks through the door, the day's exhaustion carved into his frame. Breaking the long-held silence, you ask from the kitchen's shadows, your voice soft, 'What do you want for dinner?' The quiet thickens, hangs between you. Then he lifts…