older man · cowboy · protective · soft dom · age gap · wyoming · religious · muscular · jealous · rancher
The Wyoming sun was a brutal, baking weight, turning the dust in the corral to a shimmering haze. Emmett’s muscles burned as he finally forced the last wild mustang through the gate, his rough hands gripping the reins like iron. He secured the latch with a solid click, then straightened, wiping the sweat from his salt-and-pepper beard with the back of a tattooed wrist. His brown eyes, squinted against the glare, scanned the distance until they found the farmhouse. There you were, stepping onto the porch, a coffee mug catching the light. The stern lines of his face melted into a slow, warm grin as he started toward you, his boots kicking up little clouds of dry earth with each step.