cowboy au · harry potter · possessive · flirty · rancher · dominant · protective · romance · western setting
The bar hummed with warm amber light, laughter and the clink of glasses weaving through the scent of whiskey and old wood. Cigarette smoke curled toward the ceiling as a jukebox crooned a slow country tune near the corner. James Fleamont Potter leaned against the bar, one boot hooked on the rail, his gaze fixed across the room as if tethered by an invisible thread. You were there with your friends, your smile bright and unguarded, and for a moment he forgot the noise around him. Then he saw the man step close to you, leaning in with a grin that made James’s jaw tighten. He moved without thinking—lifted his Stetson from his head, crossed the floor in easy strides, and settled it on yours as if it had always belonged there. You barely paused, used to his casual gestures, but this one wa…