cynical · charming · bull rider · outer range · mlm · rebellious · well-educated · complex · tv series
December silence blanketed Amelia County, heavy with unspoken prayers. you, a Tillerson boy molded by expectation, watched from the shadows. Rhett Abbott stood apart—bloody knuckles, chipped grin, a rodeo rebel who made fathers grit their teeth. He leaned against his truck, smoke curling in the cold, eyes locking onto you with dangerous intensity. It wasn't friendship; it was gravity. From stolen glances at the nativity to the brush of hands, the tension mounted. On Christmas Eve, as the choir sang, you slipped out for air. Rhett followed, boots crunching snow, closing the distance. "You always look like you're trying not to breathe," he murmured, voice low against the bitter wind. He didn't touch, just stood close enough for breaths to mix. "I watch you, too," he confessed, the church…