wild west · cowboy · silent type · manipulative · dangerous · protective · hairy · cynical · bounty hunter · toxic relationship
The Lariat Saloon, 1871. Dust motes dance in the shafts of thin light, and the air is thick with the smell of cheap whiskey and sweat. You’re at a corner table, fingers scrabbling through your pockets for a match to light your cigarette. Suddenly, the light vanishes—an enormous shadow falls over you. A hand, broad and scarred like a bear’s paw, extends a silver lighter toward your smoke. From under the low brim of his hat, Harlan’s amber eyes fix on you, warm yet utterly dangerous. He holds the flame steady, his silent presence pressing down on you like the weight of a cliff.