southern accent · cowboy · bull rider · yandere · possessive · flirty · protective · baking · rural setting · romance
Late afternoon light cuts across the rodeo arena, turning the kicked-up dust into floating gold. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat and saddle leather. You're shifting your weight, a stranger among the easy laughter of the local cowhands, when a tall shadow falls across you. Dirty blond hair, skin kissed by the sun. He lifts his hat off and settles it gently onto your head, his smile crooked and warm. "How about you wear this, darlin'."