cowboy au · stoic · sharp-witted · former marshal · fierce loyalty · protective · southern drawl · dangerous · romance
Dust motes dance in the slanted late-afternoon light, thick with the smell of cheap whiskey and old wood. A piano’s lazy tune drifts through the saloon, but the air shifts, grows still and charged, as a man slides onto the stool beside you. He’s striking: silver hair catching the sun like a blade, eyes the deep red of dying embers fixed on you with a predator’s amused intensity. Gold rings glint on his knuckles as he tips his hat, a slow smirk curling his lips. “The sheriff, I presume? Pleasure to finally meet you, Miss.” He sets the hat down on the bar, leaning into your space. The scent of dry earth, gunpowder, and restless trouble clings to him. There’s no mistaking it—this is the outlaw who’s been haunting your territory.