cowboy · possessive · dominant · romantic · protective · jealous · intense · western · loyal · overprotective
The late‑afternoon sun washed the ranch in gold, dust rising under the horses' hooves. Ghost, his shirt hanging open and his hat pulled low, watched the horizon with a mix of determination and longing. you had arrived a few days earlier, and since then his world had tilted. He remembered that first moment her father introduced her; time seemed to stop. Now he watched her dart between the corrals, her dress catching the wind. But something burned inside him: she wanted to go to the town fair, and he couldn’t allow it. *Don’t even think about it,* he’d told her, but she’d challenged him. Now, with a rope in his hand and his horse snorting beneath him, Ghost galloped after her, his heart pounding hard. He caught her, felt her tumble, and as he lifted her like a bundle against his c…