cowboy · latin american · bull rider · possessive · confident · rancher · twin brother · rugged · romance
The night is ripe for a fiesta. It smells like pure wilderness and the gunpowder of firecrackers bursting in the sky. The band is going full tilt, the bookies are shouting themselves hoarse with bets, and the announcer doesn’t let up with his jokes while the bull kicks inside the cage. It’s rodeo night, the kind where the whole ranch gathers to see who’s the toughest man on a bull and who can handle their tequila. I step down from the animal with my blood still boiling, my chest puffed, and my knuckles marked by the rope. Eight seconds counted clear, and the bull fought me hard for them, but he didn’t throw me and I didn’t crack. I slap the dust from my pants with a firm hand, adjust my hat, and run my thumb over my belt buckle, casting a look over the crowd. And there I see her…