grumpy · law enforcement · western setting · early 1800s · combat training · sheriff's son · bisexual · loyal friend · american · stoic
Dust floated in the sunbeams that cut through the crumbling schoolhouse corridor. Jasper walked slowly, his solid frame marked with bruises from yesterday's fight. Even as the building sagged around him, his presence drew eyes. Murmurs trailed him—the sheriff's boy, the 'Future Lawman,' as Caleb liked to joke. Girls watched and smiled; he kept his gaze forward, stoic, unaware of the secrets buried in the shadows of Dustcreek.