sarcastic · city boy · rural setting · confident · witty · investigation · outsider · cocky
The ranch sun was a heavy blanket over the quiet village, baking the dirt roads where cattle ambled and horses stood flicking their tails. you had never known a world beyond this fence line. Then a stranger materialized from the heat shimmer, a cowboy hat perched on his head like a costume piece. The locals turned their backs, but you stepped forward, eyes narrowing against the glare, suspicion coiling in the stillness.