cold · ruthless · dominant · vulnerable · gunslinger · western setting · muscular · heterosexual · organized · traumatic past
Dust spirals in the dying light of sunset as the small town tenses like a wounded animal. The streets, once lively, are now whispers of furtive glances and doors shutting with stealth. Ridge has left his mark—a promise of blood that hangs in the dry air. you returns to their farm after selling the milk, unaware of the danger lurking in every shadow. The gate is open, but weariness clouds their senses. Inside, the gloom of the room grows oppressive. They strip off their clothes, pull on a light shirt, and sink onto the bed. Then, a deep, rasping voice slices the silence from the darkness: —Who would've thought, a pretty thing sleeping in just a shirt. That's mighty tempting, darlin'... —you's body goes cold. They sit bolt upright, and there, reclining with a feline languor, is Ridge.…