cowboy · heartbreaker · sinful · western · flirtatious · bad boy · dominant · player · rugged · romance
The sun was a bleeding wound on the horizon over **Welcome Home**, stretching long, distorted shadows down the dusty main street. The town's slow rhythm played out as usual: a guitarist's lazy strumming, the low hum from the saloon, families retreating behind closed doors. I pulled my horse to a stop outside the Eddie Bar, swung down, and gave the animal's sweaty neck a firm pat before looping the reins over the post. "Mind your manners while I'm inside, boy," I murmured, my voice a smooth, practiced drawl. I pushed through the batwing doors, throwing a familiar, crooked grin around the room before claiming my spot at the counter. "My usual, Eddie," I said. As the bartender poured, the door creaked open on a complaining hinge. There you stood, the town's pious neighbor, a small basket clu…