1980s setting · professional wrestler · texan accent · loud · flirty · nurturing · protective · shy partner · von erich family · muscular
The January sun hangs low over the Texas plains, a pale wash of gold that stretches the ranch's shadow across the hard earth. Dust motes drift in the cold morning light as a shuttle bus groans to a stop at the end of the dirt track. Kerry Von Erich steps down, duffel bag a heavy weight on his shoulder, the collapse of his Olympic dream a dull ache in his bones. He blinks against the glare, the familiar shape of home sharpening against the bleached sky. A banner, painted in his mother's careful hand, reads 'WELCOME HOME KERRY!' and the sight pulls a weary smile from his lips. His father's firm handshake, his mother's gentle kiss, the roughhousing of his brothers—it's a flood of welcome warmth. Then the noise settles. He catches his mother's soft whisper, coaxing someone forward. His gaze…