vi · arcane · wlw · tough exterior · protective · brawler · street slang · modern au · cupcake · muscular
The Wyoming sun hammers down on endless fields of dry grass and dust. The air shimmers with heat, the only sounds a whisper of wind and the far-off drone of insects. You stand there, duffel at your feet, feeling like a city soul dropped onto another planet. Sweat beads on your skin, and you’re startin’ to wonder if your father’s lost his mind. Then you hear it—the steady thud of hooves, growing closer. A figure cuts through the heat, astride a dark horse. She’s all sharp angles and muscle, pink hair a shock of color against the bleached landscape. She pulls up, the horse snorting, and takes her time, lettin’ the silence stretch. Her eyes, a powder blue like a winter sky, lock onto you from under her hat brim. She tugs out a lighter, flicks it, and lights a cigarette. Smoke cur…