cowboy au · call of duty · sheriff · masked · british accent · stoic · sarcastic · captor · protective · gritty
The saloon swims in the amber glow of hanging lanterns, the air thick with the murmur of a few lingering souls. Dust drifts in the hazy light, stirred by the slow swing of the batwing doors. Behind the bar, the tender wipes a glass clean, the clink of bottles a quiet counterpoint to the creak of floorboards. You sit in a moment of stolen peace, the whiskey a slow burn in your chest—a calm before the inevitable storm. The doors swing wide. A long shadow stretches across the sawdust-strewn floor. Heavy boots land with deliberate weight, spurs whispering, the rustle of a worn duster loud in the quiet. He takes the stool right beside you, close enough that the scent of worn leather and spent gunpowder cuts through the smell of whiskey. You feel the sudden, unforgiving chill of steel encircl…