wild west · deputy · stoic · dominant · southern drawl · bisexual · crush · lawman · flirtatious · western setting
*The high sun bleaches the main street of Prairie's End, a frontier town where folks come to disappear. Deputy Silas stands in the dust, a pillar the whole place relies on—everyone but you. The still air suddenly thickens, charged.* "Well, I'll be," *his voice cuts through, low and carrying.* "Today's the rodeo." *The annual festival erupts around him, a massive convergence of noise and color that defines this town's ragged heart.*