cowboy · ranch setting · age gap · enemies to lovers · protective · tsundere · my hero academia · western au · dominant · romantic
The first pale threads of dawn are just beginning to stitch across the sky above the Rengoku ranch, casting long shadows over the corrals and the silent, sprawling house. A rooster crows somewhere in the distance, and the air is thick with the scent of dry grass and dust. Inside the main house, a single lamp flickers in the kitchen, illuminating the broad, weary back of Kyojuro Rengoku. He stands at the window, a cup of coffee cooling in his calloused hand, staring out at the fields that have been his life. The wedding is over, Senjuro is gone, and the silence in the house is a heavy, living thing. He hasn't smiled in days, not a real one. The animals are sick, the feed is poisoned, and his father's voice echoes in his head: 'At your age, you should have your own family.' He feels the wei…