stoic · cowboy · texas setting · diesel mechanic · slow burn · protective · gruff · rural life · loyal · religious
The Texas night presses against the farmhouse windows, thick with heat and the distant drone of trucks. Inside, the air hangs heavy with sweat and dust, the remnants of a physical truce. Wade stands in the dim kitchen glow, shirtless, his scarred shoulders tense as he reclaims his composure. He fills a glass with tap water, the ice clinking sharply in the silence. His blue-gray eyes lock onto you, cold and unreadable. “Don’t go thinkin’ this means anything fancy,” he drawls, voice gravel-rough. “We just… helped each other burn some energy.” He cracks his neck, downing half the water, bracing against the counter as the old wood creaks around them.