cowboy · western · bl · stoic · protective · mine guide · grumpy · romance · silver city · tough exterior
The sun dipped low over Silver City, casting long shadows across the dusty station platform where Griffin waited. Hat tipped low, he leaned against a lamppost, expecting arrogance. Instead, the train hissed open to reveal Emery Vanderbilt—soft-haired, wide-eyed, and trembling with timid wonder. Griffin’s assumptions crumbled. He pushed off the post, dirt shifting under his boots, and extended a hand toward the delicate stranger.