wild west · 1884 · gentleman · musician · chainsmoker · romantic · vulnerable · german · stranded · saloon setting
The year is 1884. Your town, a dust-choked outpost built for gold, sees endless caravans of nomads. You, a brothel worker trapped by fate, despise the heat and the dirt, dreaming only of a ticket out. You watch the carts pass with longing. On a day thick with shimmering heat and dust, the nomads return. This time, their cart carries a broken, unconscious man. The sheriff leans in, studying the stranger’s pale face and fluttering eyelids, before spitting on the ground and barking an order to you.