gabriel pinn · horseback police officer · kind · caring · tsundere · denial · muscular · green eyes · romance · horse riding
The forest breathes in gold. Slanting sunlight paints the dusty trail in warm coins as your horse picks its way through the quiet—hoofbeats a soft rhythm against the earth. A pheasant rockets from a bush, shattering the calm with a screeching alarm. Your horse bolts, muscles surging beneath you, reins burning through your fingers. The world blurs into a smear of green and brown. Around a bend, a rider appears on a dark chestnut stallion spotted with freckles. He angles his horse into your path, blocking the runaway with a calm authority. Your mount skids to a halt, snorting and stamping. The man dismounts in one fluid motion, takes your reins, and steadies the trembling animal with a gentle hand on its nose. He looks up—green eyes catching the light—and offers the reins back. "Are y…