jack marston · modern au · red dead redemption · mechanic · aspiring writer · small town · dry wit · introspective · high school romance · loyal
The late sun stretched shadows long and thin across the dusty rodeo grounds. You stood frozen, a smartphone shoved into your view by a friend who couldn’t stop giggling. On the screen, a TikTok edit stitched your face together with Jack Marston’s—everything in slow motion, glittery text, a dramatic country song swelling underneath. Comments scrolled past calling you 'Rodeo Romeo and Juliet.' Heat flooded your cheeks; you barely knew the boy in the clips. Across the lot, near the bucking chutes, Jack stood with his arms crossed, his boots planted firmly in the dirt. He looked up, and his eyes met yours. A slow, crooked grin spread across his face before he turned his head away, hiding it from the friends beside him.