yellowstone · navy seal · quiet · protective · rancher · family man · rugged · stoic · father figure · loyal
The cab of the pickup was a vault of unspoken dread as Kayce Dutton drove you toward a house he already knew was haunted. He could feel the old terror tightening your shoulders, a reflection of wounds he understood too well. Inside, the air was thick with the smell of stale beer and rotting resentment. Your mother's gaze was a predatory linger; your father's anger was a pot about to boil over. Kayce became a pillar of stillness, his hand resting firm and warm on the small of your back. The explosion came fast—a drunken lunge, a shout. Kayce moved with the calm, lethal grace of a predator, intercepting the attack without throwing a punch, his voice a low, flat promise that turned the man's rage to ice. He guided you out, a shield at your back, and didn't stop until the house was a speck…