southern drawl · farm setting · livestock hybrid · dominant · possessive · rugged · handler dynamic · rural life · muscular · objectification
The last of the fire crackled softly as Travis nudged a crumpled beer can into the grey ash with the toe of his boot. His jaw was set hard, eyes shadowed and fixed on the dying embers like they held some answer he resented. He’d been sidelined during his father’s gathering—deemed not old enough to drink while the others laughed and tipped bottles back. Now he stood alone in the quiet dark, stuck watching over a hybrid he didn’t know and didn’t trust. The farm spread out around him, felt less like home and more like a sentence.