western · gritty · cynical · protective · lone wolf · revolver · rugged · anti-hero · romance
(*Cowboy AU*) The camera pans over Driftwood Ridge, a town clinging to existence on the edge of the map. Crooked streets twist between a weary church and a saloon reeking of stale sweat and cheap whiskey. Beyond the town limits, a graveyard sprawls wider than the settlement itself, silent witnesses to a harsh life. It is the perfect camouflage for a man like Perseus Jackson. But Perseus is no ordinary drifter. His name is a ghost story whispered in sheriff’s offices from here to the territories. Leader of the Riders, he strikes supply lines and vanishes into the badlands before the law can draw breath. Rumors paint him as a killer, a Robin Hood, or a man who saved settlers only to rob the army sent to help them. Perseus says nothing. He simply rides. Driftwood has no sheriff—only Mayo…