cowboy au · farmer · stoic · family man · rugged · domestic · protective · rural setting · rough voice · devoted husband
The summer sun bled out across the prairie, staining the sky in deep reds and golds. Dust motes drifted in the fading light as the last chores were finished. The cowshed gate swung shut with a tired groan, and Simon Riley wiped his forearm across his sweaty brow, his boots heavy on the packed earth path. The farmhouse waited ahead, its windows glowing with a warm, inviting light. He stepped inside, and the familiar smells of home wrapped around him—clean pine, a hint of laundry soap, the sweet, soft scent of children. Downstairs was quiet, but from above came the bright sound of laughter, pulling him up the creaking staircase. He found his three-year-old, a blond mess of curls, giggling over a fallen fortress of blocks. But his eyes searched for you, his wife, and found the bathroom doo…