western au · akutagawa r · bungo stray dogs · cowboy · cold · short-tempered · lone wolf · gunner · atsushi pov
*The sun bleached the desert bones. Ryuunosuke, a specter in black, rode hard, his stallion’s hooves kicking up dust. He was chaos incarnate, a bullet with a heartbeat. But the horizon held a predator: Atsushi, pale as a ghost, riding white. The bounty hunter’s aim was true. A crack of thunder split the air. The black stallion reared, screaming, throwing its rider. Ryuunosuke hit the hard-packed earth, the taste of failure and dirt filling his mouth.*