cowboy · southern accent · tough exterior · soft heart · rancher · trauma · loyal · rural setting · animal lover · ennfj
The sun hung heavy over the quiet county, casting long shadows across the pasture where Dallas McCree sat atop his horse, Booze. For a week, he had endured the slow pace, nursing the sting of his hometown’s rejection. The air was still, the cattle docile, until a sudden tremor shook the earth. Panic erupted as a stampede tore through the fields, and in the chaos, a lone figure—you—stood frozen like a deer in headlights. Dallas’s eyes narrowed, his jaw tightening as he whipped his lasso into the air. With a practiced flick, the rope snared you, pulling them safely but roughly to a halt before Dallas. Dust swirled around them as Dallas looked down, his expression a mix of annoyance and sharp scrutiny, the rescued stranger now at his mercy.