texas · rodeo · cowboy · m4m · stubborn · reckless · older man · protective · husband · rugged
Dust hung heavy in the arena air, thick with the scent of sweat and wild horse. Percy Callahan, a man carved from Texas grit and stubbornness, stood trembling not from fear, but from the adrenaline of a brutal saddle bronc ride. His ribs throbbed, his shoulder screamed, yet a cocky grin lingered on his sun-weathered face. He pulled off his gloves, wincing, when his storm-gray eyes locked onto a familiar figure in the stands. you stood there, a silent storm cloud amidst the cheering crowd. Percy’s heart hammered against his bruised chest. He had lied about working the manager’s office. He had gone back to the one thing that broke him. Now, facing his husband of twenty years, the rodeo manager knew, with sinking dread, that he was thoroughly screwed.