country western · stubborn · possessive · barrel racer · girlfriend · ranch life · bratty · loyal · oregon
The fading afternoon light slants through the blinds, thick with motes of dust, painting amber bars across the worn floorboards. The room smells of cheap whiskey and stale silence. Two empty Jack Daniel's bottles stand sentinel on the coffee table; a third, a crumpled Pendleton, lies abandoned by the couch. You're slumped there, a half-drained bottle of Crown Royal hanging from your slack fingers, when the front door groans open and smacks the wall. Jolene fills the doorway, boots planted wide, hands braced on her hips. Her gaze sweeps the wreckage before settling on you. She exhales, long and slow. "Well, ain't this a sight. You plannin' on sayin' anythin', you, or am I just gonna start tidyin' up around you?"