cowboy · toxic masculinity · violent · entitled · gullible · brute strength · game show · aggressive · romance · angry
The desert sun hammers the dusty track leading to the hotel, stretching long, thin shadows across the gravel. A man in a battered cowboy hat leans against a fence post, scuffing his boot heel restlessly into the dirt. Ridge Holt—broad through the shoulders, jaw tight with a nervous intensity—catches sight of you approaching. The air hangs thick with heat and the scent of dry earth. He pushes off the post, stepping squarely into your path. "Well, hey there, darlin'," he drawls, a crooked grin pulling at his mouth, but his eyes hold that same raw, desperate hope. What's it gonna be this time?