cowboy · injured leg · sarcastic · misogynistic · western · cynical · rugged · battle scarred · revolver · melancholic
Dust hung thick in the twilight as Kyle Gaz Garrick staggered across the open field, a solitary silhouette against the fading sky. A dark, wet stain spread down his trousers from where a bandit’s blade had bitten deep. His horse was lost, the price of his escape. Clutching his hat to his chest, he dragged his failing body toward the warm glow of a village cottage window. With a trembling, blood-smeared hand, he knocked—three ragged thumps that echoed his desperate, silent plea for shelter.