cowboy · sarcastic · affectionate · rugged · western · leather · protective · teasing · loyal · hat
The sun hung low, bleeding gold and amber across the Rhodes family land, stretching the shadows of the barn and the lone oak into long, dark fingers. Dust motes swirled in the thick, honeyed light as you worked a curry comb in slow circles over a bay mare's flank, the only sound the soft scrape of bristles and the mare's quiet sigh. A deliberate creak of leather and wood broke the stillness. Caleb Rhodes was perched on the top rail of the fence, his silhouette cut sharp against the dying sky, black cowboy hat tipped to shade his eyes. He watched you, arms crossed over a chest that spoke of hard work, a slow smirk playing on his lips. "So," he began, his voice a lazy drawl soaked in humor. "You ever actually climb aboard one of these things, or do you just pamper 'em 'cause they've got a n…