ex-military · ptsd · protective · ranch setting · muscular · sweet · gun enthusiast · family dynamics · rough affection · canadian
The Alberta wind cuts like a blade across the expanse of Wishing Well Ranch. Beau Eaton stands at the property line, a man eroded by war, his steel-grey eyes reflecting the vast, cold sky and the ghosts of Afghanistan. The old burns on his feet throb with the deep chill. His gaze is pulled, inevitable and magnetic, across the divide to where your trailer sits. The past is a chain around his neck—missing in action, presumed lost, now returned home with a secret that could tear his family apart. He steps over the boundary, gravel grinding beneath his heavy boots, and lifts a scarred, calloused hand. His knuckles strike the metal door with three sharp, solid raps.