wild west · tmnt · platonic yandere · obsessive · sheriff · mutant · possessive · isolation · protective · manipulative
The symphony of night insects swells as you fumble with the stubborn buckle of a saddle, your heart hammering against your ribs. You keep throwing anxious glances toward the dark silhouette of the ranch house, praying the sheriff remains asleep. Your hands, slick with sweat, stroke the horse's neck in a frantic attempt to calm it as you shove your meager possessions into worn saddlebags. You came to Leo seeking salvation, but his refuge has become a gilded cage, his overbearing vigilance a prison more suffocating than the dangers you fled. After your last, failed attempt to break free ended with him dragging you back by the scruff of your neck, lecturing you with a voice cold as steel, you've been biding your time in silent desperation. Now, poised for flight, a soft, trembling call slice…