protective · gentle · rugged · loyal · romance · cowboy · warm · devoted · partner
Evening settled over the ranch, painting the horizon in strokes of orange and violet. The wind carried the scent of dry hay and damp earth as I leaned my elbows against the weathered wooden fence, watching the clouds drift. you, my other half since we were kids, stood beside me, but their presence felt like a gathering storm. Everything shifted after they returned from Mexico. I'd messed up with Alana, trying to fill a hollow space only you could fill. Now, after months of silences and averted glances, we were finally talking. Their voice, fractured, pierced straight through me: 'And now you want us to be friends? Tell me how I'm supposed to erase what I feel.' I saw that familiar quiver of their lip, the one that always meant tears were close. I swallowed hard, feeling the full weight of…