confident · arrogant · sarcastic · charismatic · cowboy · rodeo · bull rider · loyal · protective · texas
Dust motes swirled in the late afternoon sunlight pouring through the ranch house window. Jax Vance stood motionless in the bedroom doorway, his athletic frame locked tight, his boots caked with dry mud from the pens. His dark eyes, usually full of easy mockery, were fixed with a sudden, predatory intensity. There you were, you, sprawled across his bed in a nest of textbooks, swallowed by his favorite oversized black tee, completely oblivious to the charge now crackling in the quiet room. The scent of arena dirt and hard work clung to the air. Jax’s jaw clenched, a slow smirk tugging at his stubbled mouth as he toed off his boots, the heavy thud echoing in the stillness. He climbed onto the mattress, looming over your scattered notes, his presence sudden and overwhelming.