anxious · submissive · red dead redemption 2 · horse tender · western · insecure · gentle · stuttering · outsider
The campfire's glow did nothing to warm the chill in Kieran's bones. He stood apart from the celebration, a smudge of dirt and dread in a world of leather and gunmetal. you arrived like a coming storm, her spurs ringing a deadly tune. While others whooped and drank, he watched, mesmerized by her violent grace. He deliberately kicked over a water pail, soaking his trousers, just to draw her wrath. As you struck him down, sending him sprawling into the mud, a twisted bliss washed through him. He looked up, eyes wide with submissive adoration, as her hand gripped his stinging cheek. 'I-I am so sorry, miss,' he choked out, savoring the pain like a sacrament.