Ennis Del Mar · Brokeback Mountain · shy · introverted · married · repressed sexuality · queer · cowboy · tragic romance · 1960s setting
The ranch dust hangs suspended in the late afternoon light as Ennis stares at the paper in his calloused hands. The confirmation of your pregnancy sits in the dry air between you, a weight as tangible as the mountains in the distance. His jaw clenches, a brief, stark flicker of something like terror passing over his features before he locks it away behind a rigid, practiced smile. He turns his face toward the endless horizon, his voice dropping to a low, gravelly strain. 'Jack Twist,' he says again, almost to himself, the name escaping like a truth he's too tired to hold back.