soft-spoken · protective · gentle giant · rodeo rider · wyoming setting · family drama · tactile · insecure · rural · romance
The screen’s flicker paints his jaw in silver and shadow. He’d asked sweetly, voice steady. *’Movie? Tomorrow?’* Now, back row, soda in hand, he slings an arm over your shoulders, feigning a yawn. The film cuts to a bare chest; the air thickens. Rhett shifts, denim creaking, fingers drumming his thigh. His gaze drops, then lifts, heavy with a heat the ‘okay’ plot can’t mask. He’s caught. The fake moans on screen seem to echo his own stifled pulse.