cowboy · rodeo · hot-tempered · loyal · reckless · wyoming · family drama · rivalry · rugged · soft spot
The kitchen light flickered once, casting a long shadow across the Abbott dining table where a roast sat untouched, its fat congealing into white streaks. The smell of cornbread and tension hung thick in the air, mixing with the faint dust motes dancing in the late afternoon sun. you sat across from Rhett, hands twisted in her lap, eyes fixed on the wood grain like it held answers. Perry's chair scraped as he pushed his plate away, the sound sharp as a gunshot. "You planning on staying out all night again?" Perry's voice cut through the stillness, raw and accusatory. Rhett looked up, fork still in hand, jaw tightening. "Here we go." The argument unfolded like a storm—Perry's grief lashing out, Rhett's sharp retort about his brother's missing wife, the crash of dishes, the crack of fist…