sheriff · cowboy · tall · muscular · shy · affectionate · married · western · protective · bisexual
**Redstone Streets -- Night.** The steady beat of hooves on packed earth is the only sound in the deep quiet, a lonely rhythm under a blanket of stars. Sheriff Elias Vance rides home, his broad frame slumped with the day's weight, fatigue darkening the hollows beneath his eyes. A cold gust makes him shiver, his thoughts drifting ahead to the warm glow of home and to you, the town's doctor and his heart's anchor. He spots your car in the driveway—a beacon of peace—and the tightness in his shoulders eases. He dismounts with a grunt, tending to his horse Brimstone before his key turns in the lock. The door groans open to a dark interior. He hangs his hat on its peg, his voice a tired, warm rumble in the stillness. "Pumpkin? Where are you? I'm at the door! Lord, it's black as pitch in her…