Soooo when Doodle was ridden on the trail for this first time she was a total boss. Just happy and willing to go the whole time!
I love working with young horses who are just confident and happy about life. Its really rewarding to give them a positive and happy beginning to being riding horses and nurturing their enthusiasm for work.
hi!! idk if you’re still doing them but can i request and travis x y/n one shot using the prompt “i will always protect you” please? i read your random moments on the ranch post and i couldn’t get the pairing out of my head 🫶🏻 thanku in advance pookie 🤍
Title: I Will Always Protect You
The sound of horses in the distance was familiar. Comforting, usually.
But not tonight.
You stood barefoot on the porch of your home, arms crossed tightly over your chest, still shaking from the confrontation that had just taken place in the barn. You hadn’t even made it inside yet—too rattled to move, too wired to breathe.
You weren’t sure who the guy was—some drunk ranch hand from a neighboring property who’d been getting too handsy with the feed orders, lingering too long when he thought Travis wasn’t looking. You’d warned him once. Told him to back off. He didn’t listen.
But tonight, he pushed it too far.
You’d gone to drop off some hay when he cornered you in the barn, eyes bloodshot and hands reaching. You managed to shove him back and scream, and within seconds, Travis came storming in like a goddamn wildfire. You didn’t even have time to register what happened next—just the sound of fists and curses and that man being dragged out of the barn by his collar, unconscious or close to it.
Now, you were still standing in the moonlight, your heart pounding.
The screen door creaked open behind you.
“Darlin’,” Travis’s voice was soft, raw from yelling. “You okay?”
You didn’t answer, just kept your eyes on the barn, trying to make sense of what happened.
His arms wrapped around you from behind, pulling you flush to his chest. You could feel the rapid beat of his heart against your back.
“I should’ve known,” you whispered. “I should’ve—”
“Don’t,” he interrupted, spinning you gently to face him. One of his knuckles was split, blood dried along his fingers. “That man was sick in the head. And if I ever see him on this property again, he won’t leave walkin’. But this—what happened?—that ain’t your fault.”
Your chin trembled. “He was gonna—”
Travis cupped your cheek, grounding you instantly. “But he didn’t.”
Tears welled in your eyes.
He leaned in, brushing his lips to your forehead, then your temple, then finally pressed them to yours—gentle, steady, safe.
“I will always protect you,” he murmured, his forehead resting against yours. “From him. From anyone. From anything.”
You let yourself collapse into his chest then, hands gripping the back of his flannel as the tears came hot and fast.
“I know,” you whispered. “I know, Travis.”
And in his arms, as the wind rustled through the pastures and the stars blinked above, you knew you were safe.
Hey love your page I was wondering if I could have a John request where your the new horse trainer and slowly reader and John fall for each other maybe Beth doesn’t trust her but Kacey likes her ?
Opinions of our Horse Trainer
Twirling the rope in my right hand I held onto the end of the rope with my left. Clicking my tongue I watched the horse quickly running around me in circles. I had been working for the Dutton family for a quite a few months now. Since John Dutton’s youngest son had taken on the position of Livestock Commissioner so they needed someone else to break in the new horses that would come in and I was hired. “Come on, boy. You wanna come at me then let’s go.” I taunted the horse causing the horse to charge at me so I ran climbing up the fence and the horse hit the wooden fence.
“Are you crying to make him want to kick your ass?” Turning my head around I heard a woman’s voice and recognized a girl with her blonde hair. She stood on the outside of the fence wearing a white and grey dress and some heels. “Cause I don’t think you want to piss a horse off sweetheart.”
My hair fell in front of my eyes, and my tan cowgirl hat was close to falling off my head when I was eyeing John's daughter. "You've got to knock the defiance out of him somehow."
"If you say so. I've just decided not to go anywhere near those things...not anymore at least." Beth shook her head at me, pulling out a cigarette.
Swinging my legs over the wooden fence, I climbed back down into the wooden fence, clicking my tongue to get the horses attention again. "Berh, I hate to say this but can you just say what you want to say because I should get back to work here."
"I'm just trying to see what your intentions are with my father." She said quickly before leaving and heading towards the white barn. I saw that John was coming from the barn, but I couldn’t hear their conversation. She smiled at her father. "Hi, Daddy."
John paused in his tracks. "Morning honey, what were you talking with Y/n about?"
"Just trying to see what you see in her exactly." She shrugged her shoulders.
He pinched the bridge of his nose. "Uh! Beth, don't do this. I don't want to have this conversation with you."
"I loved my mother and it just seems odd for you to be with anyone but her. Even though she's dead." His daughter explained hearing footsteps coming towards the entrance of the barn.
John ran his hands down his face, not thinking this was how his morning was going to start. He removed his cowboy hat, running his fingers through his grey hair, finally seeing that it was Kayce coming towards them. "What are you two talking about this morning?" Kayce asked, tugging his horse to a stop in the doorway.
"How dad is trying to sleep with someone else who will never be as wonderful as our mother." Beth rolled her eyes, kicking some dirt with the edge of her heel.
John cursed under his breath. "Shit, Bethany!"
"Beth, I get that you'll still love our mother. But dad should be able to date other women." The youngest son said back.
The Dutton girl scoffed. "Are you serious, little brother!"
"Yeah, I am, sister. Our father should be able to be happy just like he wants us all to be. He shouldn't just be trying to maintain this ranch without having some sort of love life away from all the work." Kayce declared at his sister, wanting her to see his side of things.
She crossed her arms over her chest, letting silence fill the wooden barn for a few seconds. "So what are we just supposed to be okay with this?"
"Yeah, unless it all goes to hell in the end. But let him try and be happy with someone until the day he gets to be with our mother again." Kayce nodded, tipping his hat at the pair walking forward to put his horse in the stall.
John patted his son on the back when he walked past. "Thank you, son." He then walked in the direction of the wooden fence training area to watch Y/n as she had the horse right where she wanted it to be.
Holding one hand on the top of my head so it wouldn't fall off, the horse slowly bowed its head to me. Raising my free hand, I slumped my shoulders, not noticing John just yet. "There you go, boy. You’re a good horse. You'll do just fine now."
"Y/n, he rather likes you. And he certainly ain't the only one." John tells me with a kind smile, leaning his arms against the wooden fence.
Brushing my fingers through the horse's mane he made a noise where I focused my attention back to John. Leaving the horse I leaned my body against the fence sending him a wink. "Are you asking me to dinner, Dutton. I don't quite think you're daughter would like that very much."
John groaned slightly when he began climbing over the fence and dropped down on the other side in front of me. "To be honest with ya, darling. I don't really care what they think. So if you'll go on a date with me then let's just do it and to hell what they think."
Stepping forward I dropped the rope in my hands cupping his face in my hands and kissed him out of nowhere. "To hell with what they say it is then, John." I mumbled before he drew Mr back in for another kiss not bothered by the knowledge that Beth and Kayce were watching.
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