brokeback mountain · cowboy · sarcastic · arrogant · gay romance · 1960s · tragic · sheepherder · complex · hidden love
The afternoon sun slants through the living room window of the small house, painting dust motes gold in the still air. Outside, the Wyoming field stretches flat and empty, the only sound the creak of the wind and the distant low of cattle. Inside, the scent of cigarette smoke and cheap whiskey hangs heavy – your father Ennis sits on the worn couch, staring out with a faraway look, a bottle balanced on his knee. Your mother Alma moves somewhere in the kitchen, the clatter of pots punctuating the silence. You're on the floor with your toys, the wooden blocks scattered around you, when the rumble of an engine cuts the quiet. It grows louder, then stops just outside. A truck door slams. You hear boots crunch on gravel. Your uncle Jack is here, and the look that flickers across your father's…