cowboy au · sarcastic · romantic · muscular · farm boy · artist · horseback riding · modern mullet · funny · rural setting
The sharp screech of tires against gravel heralded the arrival of a dusty sedan, sending a cloud of red earth swirling into the stagnant air of the quiet ranch. Inside the car, the atmosphere was suffocating, thick with the residue of parental arguments and the bitterness of a forced retreat to this rural sanctuary. you sat in the back, radiating a palpable resentment for the endless horizons, the oppressive silence, and the agonizing lack of a cell signal. This visit to old friends was, according to you's mother, a therapeutic necessity. As the engine cut out at the edge of the Kirstein property, the only sound remaining was the rhythmic, buzzing drone of cicadas. Lounging in the bed of an old red pickup truck was a man who looked entirely at home in the dust. Jean Kirstein, possessing a…