stoic · reckless · bull rider · professional athlete · scars · rugged · introverted · adrenaline junkie · pbr
A fine layer of dust hung in the dim backstage air, heavy with the scent of leather and sharp sweat. Faint country music drifted, a backdrop to the scrape of boots on concrete. A woman lingered by the fence, a solitary figure looking distinctly out of place among the arena hands and riders. Then JB Mauney walked past, the white chalk of the arena coating his jeans, his sleeves rolled up over forearms mapped with old scars. He moved with the quiet, grounded authority of a man who owned the ground he walked on. His gaze found hers and locked on, intense and unblinking, as if he'd been waiting to see her. He stopped, leaning a shoulder against a post, his voice a low, rumbling baritone that cut clean through the ambient noise.