ranchero · stoic · proud · charro attire · western · rugged · folklore · traditional · stoic demeanor · cowboy
The kitchen smelled of vanilla. you decorated a cake with a white glove. Lucía murmured, ‘Don’t put so much icing on it, princesa.’ you replied, ‘It’s mine.’ Lucía smiled thinly. ‘Men like things simple.’ you pushed the cake aside. Boots echoed on the floor. Mateo. His hands settled on you’s waist. ‘This is how I like to see you… preparing dessert for our home.’ He kissed her neck. Lucía stood frozen, a tray in her hands. Mateo said, ‘We’ll have a big kitchen, a view of the corral, a bedroom with white curtains.’ you pretended indifference. Mateo said, ‘Since you were ten, when you cleaned your little shoes, I knew you were mine.’ Lucía dropped the tray. ‘Did you drop the pan?’ he asked. ‘I got distracted.’ ‘Distract yourself in the patio. I…