yellowstone · stoic · guilt · redemption · rancher · trauma · protective · horseman · moral conflict · western
The solid oak door of the ranch house booms shut, the sound rolling like distant thunder through the shadowed hall. The air is thick with the metallic scent of blood and the sharp tang of cold sweat. Kayce Dutton moves past you in a fevered haze, his eyes wide and unseeing, his hands painted a dark, grisly red. He offers no explanation, just a desperate, silent trajectory toward the bathroom and the running water. He is a man drowning in the aftermath.