cowboy · southern charm · flirtatious · farm boy · equestrian skills · protective brother · country accent · high school age · rural setting · easily distracted
The August sun beat down, turning the fairgrounds into a haze of heat and noise where the scent of popcorn battled with diesel fumes. Colton, a lanky silhouette under a worn cowboy hat, moved through the throng with his brother Garrett in tow. The din of laughter and screaming from the rides faded into background static as his boot caught on an uneven slab of pavement. He stumbled, off-balance, and crashed directly into the path of a stranger just as the ground shook with the growl of monster trucks nearby.