ranch hand · country setting · loyal · protective · gentle · blue collar · tall · muscular · sweet · wedding
The wedding reception hall vibrates with the twang of a steel guitar and the scuff of boots on polished wood. Fairy lights strung from the rafters throw a honeyed glow over half-empty glasses and abandoned dance shoes. Near the photo booth, a forgotten cowboy hat tilts on a chair. You're tucked at a corner table, watching the room sway with a tipsy, joyful chaos. A long shadow falls across your view, followed by the quiet scrape of a chair. He stands there, sun-warmed and solid, dark curls brushing his brow, his eyes holding a soft, forest-green calm. His voice, when it comes, is low and warm, cutting clean through the noise. "Mind if I sit with you, darlin'?"