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Lee Sparks and Ty Roderick Wrangled (2026) dir. Ryan Brian Raging Stallion Studios
wrangled
a harry styles one-shot. 14k words. cw: age-gap, sexual content, spitting, spanking, squirting, dirty talk, humiliation kink, coarse language, dom/sub kink
Forte Ranch.
Kettle Falls, Washington.
June Forte is the 24 year old daughter of Travis Forte– the owner of the largest bison ranch in eastern Washington. When she returned home from college, her wishes of becoming a teacher in the area land her with a few different jobs– one that also includes the family business.
It's not lost on her that when she starts noticing that a superbly handsome, older ranch-hand who introduces himself in a deep-posh accent as Harry Styles, that she seems to lose a bit of focus on the picture: make enough money to leave Kettle Falls for good.
But, the older man seems to keep running into her no matter how many times she tries to leave. Maybe, she recognizes, that it isn't a coincidence.
When Harry and June are one day left alone, the tensions are higher than ever. Once June gets a taste, her intuition starts to let her know that maybe seeing the dimples underneath the brim of the Stetson is easier to lean into rather than run from.
He's not letting her run away that easy.
"Goddamnit, Fury– let's go!"
She pulled at the lead; the rope pulled at her hands a bit when the horse continued to stand his ground, obviously more powerful than her.
A quick sigh, a puff of air to move some of the hair off of her face. June couldn't help but groan at the horse's stubbornness that kept him inside the confines of his stall.
She had a lesson in an hour now. Not that it would have been a huge deal— the family that she taught for were very laid back, but her need to follow a schedule made Fury's outburst quite annoying as it would take a bit of time to get him out now.
The horse-riding lessons that she had been giving were supplementing the cash flow through the summer. Next year, she would be starting a position as a teacher at one of the local schools in the area. June had gone to school in Seattle; it was the biggest culture shock for her when she arrived in the big city.
From growing up on the ranch to moving to the big city with just what she could fit in her dad's pick-up–she had loved every moment of it. She loved seeing the way that the traffic built up everywhere in the early mornings, the honking horns, the sleepy travelers in the coffee shops every morning.
It was a learning experience that she had been blessed with. But, in reality, her heart stayed in the eastern mountains; the smell of the fresh air every morning gave her such a high that she hadn't been expecting to miss with her whole heart.
Living on this ranch, in this small town, had been in her heart this whole time. She hadn't recognized how much of her she still had to learn.
When you're young, you want so bad to leave. Then, you see the rest of the world, and you find home so much more appealing. It feels secure, it feels like a place that you can come back to when you're finished exploring.
It's a place to relax. A place to replenish. A place to house your soul.
Now, she say her fighting with her horse who seemed to have the upper-hand.
"Fury, if you don't come on," She rubbed the horse's nose, giving him a look as he tilted up his head quickly. "You're being so stub—"
"Might wanna give him something to entice him."
The sound behind her makes June jump with a fright, a gasp escaping as she had been lost in her own world. There's a man standing on the opposite side of her now, unlocking the gate of the horse stall. She hadn't noticed him before, so she wondered how long he had been standing there watching her struggle with the ropes her hands.
A chestnut mare stands, grunts softly in front of him as he looks back at her. June recognized the man, which didn't seem to happen often. The farm has lots of people coming through, many stay for weeks– months, maybe. The summer months are preparing for the winter; she knew that a lot more came around at this time of the year.
But she recognized him.
There wasn't a person who wouldn't.
The man's accent threw her for a moment– not realizing if she had heard him speak before. She mustn't have, or she'd know the low drawl of a foreign tongue.
But there's a few certain men that have been around for a bit. This man, in particular, she thought. He wears his hair longer, a bit down on his ears. He pushes it back into his Stetson, the chocolate curls have grown every time she sees him closer.
He has a soft scruff along his jawline that was really only visible up close; a white tank top that has seen better days when it was a pure white on the rack. June lets her eyes wander for a moment before she sees that he notices, a hint of pink painting her cheeks as she watches that he seems to go on about his day without another word.
Not to mention: if you stared at him in the heat of the eastern Washington sun, it was entirely too close to see the shade of green that his eyes shone. They practically became translucent at how luminous they became.
June was a bit taken; her hands adjust on the lead as she watched the man throw a bridle over the large mare's nose. He clicked his tongue to get her to follow, the mare following him out of the stall easily. June watched at how easy it was; she knew Fury was a bit hard-headed to begin with, so it couldn't have been that easy no matter what he had said to her.
As the man started walking away just a bit, Fury took a step forward which helped June aid him out of the stall. It threw her for a moment, her body moving forward to help lead the horse where he needed. He followed, though a bit slowly as he shook his head when she pulled in the lead towards the saddling.
"See, told you," The man spoke once again, nodding his head a bit towards his mare, "Men are always enticed by pretty ladies."
He had taken the saddle off of the stand, throwing it over the mare's back. June's eyes stared at the way his muscles popped through the sleeveless shirt, pushing the heavy riding saddle up further on the horses back.
"Going for a ride?" The man spoke again, watching as June hooked Fury up to stand so that he was secured. June hadn't spoken yet, feeling her voice caught in her throat over the way that he had been a bit chatty with her. Her eyes drifted over to him, knowing he had been talking to her again which elicited a response.
She bit her lip, pulling up on the loops of her jeans that hugged around the curve of her hips.
"No, I teach, actually." June commented, brushing down Fury's neck before pushing some of his mane out of his eyes.
The horse chewed a bit, making her smile as his lips tried to nip at her arm. "Have a lesson soon. He's the best with kids, gives them a hard time but it's good for them to learn how to be a bit more assertive. He listens when you're real strict with him, just not well."
"Really all the qualities of a man, huh?" The man smirked; they stood next to each other at the station before June looked over and he had started to move towards her. His hand outreached, his eyes truly on her now as they became closer with each step he took. "Harry Styles."
June swallowed back, her hand moving out towards his as they locked together in a moment. "June Forte. You're a worker here?"
Harry's eyes shift for a moment when he notices the deep blue of her eyes and the familiarity of her generational smile. His tongue flicks out to run over his bottom lip as he lets his eyes drag over her a moment. June squirms under his vision, her breath halted as he takes his hand away and their touch loosens.
"And this is your ranch, I presume." He speaks, his words standing in the air.
June shrugs her shoulders up as if his comment didn't mean much. "Not mine– well, my family's, so technically will be mine or my siblings someday. My dad's dream was to own it, and I guess now he does. Was my grandads, and my great-grandads. He built it, and it's just a family heirloom now. But yeah– we live up there."
Harry's breath baited for a moment, a small scoff of a chuckle leaving his lips as he moved back towards the mare. The mare stomped on the ground, his hand moving to comfort her outburst.
"Guess I don't need to be flirting with the ranch owner's daughter, then. May be a conflict of interest."
June raised a brow at his words, feeling a hotness come across her neck as she moved to throw the big brush through Fury's chestnut coat. She faced away from him now, her head turning to look over her shoulder at the way he continued to smirk at her.
For the first time in a while, June's sharp tongue felt dull. She didn't know what to say as she felt some hair fall into her face as she managed to push the heavy brush through the horse's coat.
"Never been a huge rule follower, though." He followed up, pulling the reins of the tacked horse; he walked backwards out of the barn with his eyes on June– the shape of her body only let his eyes fall down and around her curves.
A soft chuckle came from her lips as she heard the clicking of his tongue, guiding the mare out. "Easy, cowboy." She called back, in a surprising quip, "My ranch, my rules."
"So now you're the boss?" He quipped, "giving me mixed signals, June." Harry paused for a moment, giving her a moment to comeback.
"Let's just say I'm pretty close to the guy in charge." June tilted her head, "But I'd say that flirting with the boss's daughter isn't in your best interest if you want to stick around."
June watched the man quickly bite his lip as if he was stopping himself from another remark.
"We'll see about that one." He called back, his boots crunching on the gravel once again, his eyes staying on her even when leading the large horse out of the barn. "Might be the opposite effect if I'm lucky."
June bit her lip at the thought of him– wondering if he had seen her before. Her legs adjusted just at the thought of his low, raspy voice. She hasn't heard it before, but now all she could hear was his words in the back of her head.
"Hope you find a four-leaf clover out there, gonna need it." June said back, watching as he moved away, a wink flying back at her.
She huffed, looking at her horse before a shake of her head made her feel a bit dizzy.
Maybe it wasn't the head shake that made her feel that way.
***
The following morning, Fury continued to give June quite a time. He was a stubborn horse, but she knew that he trusted her and vice versa. June never felt that she had a problem with him, he had been her horse for over ten years now.
June grew up with horses, riding and watching them was in her blood. She loved riding and watching people become more comfortable as they rode more. It was a pleasure for her to teach young kids to be comfortable and confident while riding, especially when it taught discipline and hard work.
Nothing about riding horses was easy– she continued to learn that the hard way. It took trust, and lots of effort to make sure that the animal underneath you trusted every part of you. The hardest part was putting your life in their hands. But, it was always worth taking that chance.
He kicked a few times, the young girl that she had for the lesson this morning was mostly scared that she was going to fall off. June reassured her that she would hold his lead, but that she needed to be strong.
"When you're scared, he's going to be scared," June tried to reassure her, watching the young girl— her name was Natasha, she was around eleven. "You have to be in control of him, and he's going to respond to you. But we can end the lesson a bit early if you're feeling some nerves— that's okay, too."
Natasha gave June a look; she was unsure, and June could read all over it. However, Natasha pushed through some of her nerves, which led to June eventually letting go of the reins and letting the girl trot some laps around the outside arena space.
"You got it!" She yelled over, staying on the fence, her eyes lighting up at the girl's excitement over her accomplishments of getting the horse to where she wanted him. "Let's loop around one more time, and then bring it back to the center."
June pushed her hands in the back pockets of her jeans. The outside training grounds was a large area of the ranch, covered by trees and small patches of grass. She tucked some hair behind her ear that had fallen out of the messy bun she pulled at the base of her neck.
A small noise caught her attention as she started to make her way to the center of the arena to meet Fury and Natasha. June bit on her lip as she squinted in the early morning sun that was casting over the field down to the bison pasture. The gates had opened, watching the man from earlier in the saddle atop the chestnut mare.
His head turned to check that the smaller bison calves had made their way through to the other side of the fence.
"Shut 'em in!" He yelled, pulling at the reins of his horse before the other ranch-hand pulled at the metal gate on the other side.
The field sat opposite of the smaller training field that had been built for June's benefit; she absolutely loved teaching, loved the elements of getting young riders out on the back of a horse to feel the fresh breeze in their hair. It had been so therapeutic to her growing up when everything felt that it could have fallen apart at any moment— this was her world.
Growing up on the ranch had been a saving grace for her. It was the yin to the yang of the city that she had grown to love. She had never had the opportunity to fall in love with another place like she had with Seattle.
It didn't hurt that these were the kinds of views that she had, either.
June hadn't been paying attention as she heard her name being called; her head whipped around as she watched Fury stomp a few times and start to buck and push the young girl. June watched her expression as she held at the fence, watching the young girl struggle with the large stallion.
"Hold on, Natasha!" June yelled, sitting up on the large fence before she cupped her hands over her mouth, "Pull the reins real hard to the left!"
She could see the fear on the girls face as she tried to brace, tried to do what June had told her to. She wasn't strong enough to manage the horse as her foot slid from the saddle and her body flung to the side and off into the dirt of the ring.
June gasped outwardly with a few curses as she ran towards where the girl was flung off. Fury moved away now that she felt safe enough that she could grab her and move out of the ring. She felt horrible not being to stop it before it started, not reading the language of the horse before it was too late.
"Are you okay, sweetie?" June asked, the young girl sitting up on her elbows as she tried to brush herself off. "You're not hurt, are you? Nothing feels broken?"
She shook her head, the helmet bearing her fall as she seemed to just be a bit more traumatized than hurt. The adrenaline must've been moving through her as they stood up, June helping her as she looked around the ring to notice that the horse had made his way out of the ring through the gate she had opened, ready to lead them out.
"Shit!" June yelled out, her head moving around at an attempt to find the horse that had been trotting away. She tucked the hair behind her ear as she turned to look around.
"I'm so sorry," Natasha started, obviously in shock, "I-I didn't– I got scared."
June turned to the girl, shaking her head profusely. "No, no, sweetie. It's fine– as long as you're okay."
June took Natasha out of the ring, climbing up the fence and over to the grassy knoll. Her hands landed on her hips as she searched around for Fury who had gotten loose.
"Fuck," She whispered under her breath.
She didn't expect him to get so agitated. She hasn't had that happen before, which set her alert on high. Fury was the horse that she trained on, and without him, she couldn't hold onto her lesson schedule.
The next one was in twenty minutes, so she needed to figure out a plan on how to catch him.
The first part of the plan was to find the horse that had seemingly run away and out of the gate. Her attention moved back towards the young girl, who had taken off her helmet and seemed to have calmed down just a bit. She rubbed at her elbow that had a bit of a scratch.
"You head back to barn," She told Natasha, "If you see him, holler really loud for me. I'm going to go to the other fields, see if I can catch him."
The young girl agreed, making her way back down to the barns where her mother had been while she took the lesson. She would tell them what had happened, and to make sure they could catch him if he got around.
June started up towards the bison fields– the ranch handlers had been up there just a few moments prior to the incident, and she may have an idea of where the horse had run to. The property was large, almost three hundred acres of land. But, with the number of trees and wooded miles, it would be harder to catch him than it was with the open spaces.
The Forte ranch was surrounded by mountainous regions, which was good for the bison and the elk that were seemingly farmed in the area. June's family kept bison and yak, which was separate to the ranches out in the southwest. Their ranch was green and grassy, surrounded by lakes and streams with glaciers and chilly mornings.
The summer heat didn't always feel like summer, which was what made the mornings so delightful. It was June's favorite parts about the lifestyle of working outside, she felt like there was so much more to see and so much more to take in. It was her own sense of meditation.
"Hey," June called out to the two men sitting on the fences. "Did you see my horse run by? He threw my rider off and fled, and I didn't really see where he went."
The two men seemingly similar looked at one another before shaking their head, practically ignoring her as they continued to haul a few bales of hay into a truck that was backed up to the fence. "Sorry, hon, no."
June placed her hands in her back pockets before she stared at them for a moment. "Okay, well, he's black. Long white stripe down his nose, kinda pink on the end. His name is Fury, but he doesn't usually respond," She blinked a few times, starting to ramble as she thought for a moment, "Probably why he's being a pain in the ass."
She could tell that the men were seemingly uncaring for her request, so she sniffled out of awkwardness before her boots started to move her to the other end of the field.
A good thirty minutes flew by as she walked along the edges of the property, whistling softly for any sight of where the horse could've gone. The sudden sound of clicking made her head turn towards the wooded area; a strike of fear spooking her as she turned. It wasn't that she feared being on her own, but something about being vulnerable ate away at her.
Her heart instantly dropped as she saw two horses, one ridden and the other being held close by the familiar leather reins. The rider in question familiar as she felt her lips quirk up in a smirk at the look on the man's face. She released the breath she had been holding in.
"Think you're supposed to stay on the horse, not let him run away." The deep voice teased. He had been holding the reins of Fury while riding his own.
"He threw my rider," She told him, "I was trying to make sure that she was okay, and he ran off."
"She was quite young," He commented, obviously seeming a bit worried now. He slowed his horse down, the horse standing in front of June as she went to pet down the mare's nose. It crossed her mind that he had noticed her earlier, possibly been staring. "Was she okay?"
June shrugged, nodding. "No broken bones. Maybe a bit of broken spirit."
"You know what they say," He licked over his lip, "Gotta' get back in the saddle." It was then that a smile broke on his face, which halted her breath at the beauty of it.
She laughed at his dry humor, raising her brows. "They do say that, but I'm going to have to do a bit more training with him. He needs to be better for younger riders."
Harry threw the reins over his horse's head, June caught them in her own grip. She looked back up at him again with a small smile. "I appreciate your help– catching him and all that."
"Pretty good portion of my job," He told her, turning the horse a bit so he could face her better.
June had started to lead the horse back in the direction of where the ring and the barn were before Harry stopped her with his words.
"C'mon, hop on," He told her, shifting in his saddle, "We're almost a mile away. You don't want to have to walk."
June's eyes shifted a bit as she pulled at Fury's lead, walking backwards as she thinks about his request for a moment. It catches her off guard, but she shakes her head.
"I think I can walk," She assures him him with a chuckle. He sways a bit in the saddle as he starts after them, obviously going in the same direction.
"Didn't say you couldn't," He remarks back, June hears his tone and looks back instantly, watching his eyes lay on her. Her stomach dropped at the way his gaze felt; his words playing off the sharpness of his jaw, "Also wasn't looking for an answer, just action."
June eyed him for a moment, almost a stand off from her spot on the ground. She inhaled sharply before she bit the inside of her cheek. She didn't understand the feeling in her chest that had anchored its way down to a bit of heat. The authoritative speaking of his voice made her swallow.
"But what if I wanted to walk?"
June watches the twitch of his face when she denied him– when she didn't do as he asked. When she didn't succumb to his request; which, she was learning was more of a nice way to demand rather than request.
The man slipped off the saddle, moving away from the mare before he was now standing in front of June with her hair pulled from her face. The freckles on her nose were surrounded by a bit of sun-kiss, which the man took as a reward for being so close. His eyes trained in her for a moment before he noticed the hitch in her breath as they were toe to toe.
June subconsciously took a small step back before she felt the touch of his hand on her wrist. Her eyes stayed along the collar of the navy t-shirt that seemed a bit pulled at the collar. While a contrast to the white tank he wore yesterday, this accentuated the bronze of his skin from working out in the summer heat. The warmth of the summer sun has bronzed him, leaving the ink of his arms darker in contrast.
He took a package out of his back pocket, the cigarette between his fingers and dangling from his mouth now as his bright green eyes have a playful lift to them. She watches him teasingly as he lets it dangle from his tongue before placing one on her lip too, waiting for her lip to catch it.
She doesn't tell him that she only smokes when she can't sleep, or when she's stressed out by something her family has said. But she doesn't say anything, just sends him a smirk as they stand toe to toe. His fingers snap the lighter to his, hers next as he takes a draw.
"Anyone looking for you?" His voice was as smooth as leather as he kept his eyes directed to the way her cheeks sunk into breath in the smoke.
"Probably." She responds, drawing her lips between her teeth. She felt the stare down but folded as soon the dimple popped through the right of his cheek. "I have a lesson that should be starting."
He shrugged, "Your horse ran off, nothing you can do."
June went to speak, her head turning towards Fury before Harry looked down the gravel road towards the home– over a mile away like he had mentioned.
Her words got caught in her throat before she can respond, just putting the cigarette up to her lips before she licked her tongue over her bottom lip that had turned into a smile. June bites the inside of her cheek before she looks over Harry who's already moving away from her.
"What're you doing back here?" He asked her, his European accent ringing a bit different, "thought you moved to the city."
Her thoughts ran to the fact that he knew that much about her. She wondered if her dad had mentioned her before, or if he was just paying attention. Either way, her answer to him stayed true.
"I knew I wanted to work my way back here," June told him honestly, "I wanted to work back home. But I need to save some money."
Harry bit his lip as he held the reins of the horse, pulling his over just a bit to start back down the path. It was slow, but it was moving a bit. June knew she was late to her riding session, but she figured it would've been fine anyways– she wasn't going to let her students ride Fury at this point.
"You're young," Harry told her with a chuckle, as if he was trying to explain the world to her, "You've got to explore a bit before moving back home. How do you think I got here?"
June tucked some loose hair behind her ear, "How did you end up here, I mean? It's quite far."
"Five thousand miles, give or take." He tells her, walking alongside her now. They seem to be moving at a slower pace. Either way, Harry knew that he wanted to be next to her.
June took a last draw of her cigarette, throwing it on the gravel. "Way too far for me. I'd miss my family way too much."
Harry flicked the cigarette, the ashes falling a bit before he nodded a few times. "That's because you have a really great family," He looked ahead, chuckling a bit, which June caught before furrowing her brows. "I don't miss my family at all, truthfully. Not much to miss there. So, maybe I just don't get it."
June nodded a few times, understanding the implications and biting her lip at his words. There's silence in the air before she takes in a breath and pressed her lips together then, as if she's trying to find words to help alleviate a pressure that she added in. But, he speaks before she gets a chance to.
"I just think people maybe need to take a few more chances," He says, "Live a little more freely. What's the worst that can happen if you do what you want?"
"Well, most criminals live by that narrative," June tells him, which makes him laugh a little bit at her remarks before she looks at him with the blue eyes that he can't seem to fully grasp could be that color blue.
"Within reason." He adds, and he stops mid step before he watches as she turns to face him at his abrupt stop in the road.
June looks at him, a fluttering feeling in her stomach as his body moves, letting the leather reins go before he stops in front of her again. It's the proximity that sends her thoughts on a tailwind of what could happen next; the adrenaline pushes in her veins as she stares up at him. He's closer now than before, his head has dropped a bit so he can really look at her, but she's acknowledged that, pushing her chin up to make sure she can hear exactly what he's saying.
"Maybe it's the fact that I don't like playing by the rules, though." The smell of the tobacco was filling her nose as they stood so close. His eyes remained deferred from hers, watching the way that the lips and chin were pulling up, almost subconsciously.
"Seems a bit criminal, if you ask me." She teased, tilting her head a bit as she begged him to look at her.
"I mean," He chuckled, letting his fingers move up to her chin as he took it between them to steady her, "It would be criminal to let you beg any longer. Bit pathetic to watch."
"Not begging." She pushed back, pulling her chin away from his grip, which tightened his jaw. She noticed the way that her defiance made him react, which sped her breathing up.
"Tell your body that, sweets," He bit, "I could say anything, and you'll react to it."
He licked over his lips, watching as she tried her best to stay calm, to keep her breath under control. Her lips were pursed, her stance was trying to stand off a bit, but he could see right through her—he saw that she was trying her best to stand on her own but knew that she would fold right then and there.
It was the game that Harry liked, he liked watching how she would react to him when he spoke to her. She was young, practically ten years younger or so, he could assume—she was so impressionable and the fight for dominance was almost sweet. Harry ached as he watched her try to stand him down and his eyes moved to her lips before they drew up to her eyes, watching the ocean waves of blue.
June pulled away, suddenly. She gave him a smirk before she clicked her tongue to have Fury follow her down the road.
"You think you've got me figured out," She called, looking back over her shoulder. "Not going to work with me, cowboy."
Harry bit the inside of his cheek, watching her walk away. His eyes fell to the way that she walked, seeing the swing of her hips as a tactic to use against him. But, he did what he needed to do. He followed close behind, watching her every move—the silence in their walk back not lost on him.
"Something enticing?" June teased, noticing the way that his eyes had danced over her curves from behind. Harry's eyes lifted just a bit, settling in her eyes before he sent a wink her way.
The silence on the walk back to the barns felt good; it felt understood. It's why they both smiled to themselves, neither one seeing the other.
***
"You think I can really pull him?" June looked at Shelby, "He's older– I don't know, Shel."
"You aren't even seeing the way he looks at you," Shelby said to her friend, taking a swig of her beer. He's not taken his eyes off of her, and somehow June knows that deep inside of her, but she can't bring herself to look back at him. She's a bit timid like that; a sharp tongue when confronted, but a tail between her legs when she thinks of it.
The next night, June had gone out with her friend, Shelby, for a drink. It wasn't lost on her that the town was small. Most everyone knew each other, which made the Friday nights out on the town hard to avoid people you didn't want to see.
You really needed to want to be there, or you would be seen by someone you didn't want to see. June hadn't even thought of it when they went out, that she could possibly see him there. After their encounter yesterday morning, June had kept her distance. Not in a way that she felt was stand-offish, but in a way that felt like she was trying her best to let him come to her.
Dating and flirting weren't new to her, but the idea of playing this game scared her a bit. He wasn't new to this; they weren't trying to figure this out together like she had experienced in college. He was older than her, he had experience with this game.
It scared her a bit, because she didn't know how to handle herself in this type of situation. She wanted to come across as confident, but she knew that he had the opportunity to make her fold.
"You need to be drunker," Shelby stated, pushing her half-empty beer to her, watching as June wrapped her hands around the bottle. It was warm to the touch, not fresh in the slightest. "Let's go to the bar to get more."
June looked at her friend after downing the rest before she fully understood what that meant for her.
Shelby had gotten up, which made June follow her. The strawberry blonde realized without another second to spare that she had walked into the lion's den– eyes were on her as she approached the countertop bar.
One pair of eyes, specifically.
At first, she hadn't recognized him. Without the hat and the dirt-ridden t-shirt, she saw the way that the denim jacket hugged his back. The curls had a bit of bounce to them, and her mouth felt dry as she tried her best to divert her attention away.
But they were almost arm and arm and she had wondered if he would notice.
Of course he had. The scent of cherries and lime only made sense when his attention turned back towards a person who had brushed against him now. He had seen her across the room as soon as she came in with her short skirt and boots. He noticed the way that her waist dipped in with the form-fitting top and the slight curl to her hair.
He sat with his beer in his hand, a rowdy few friends were next to him as he kept his attention on her. June felt heat down her neck as she tried to ignore the staring but started to enjoy the feeling of being seen.
"Two whiskey sours," Shelby leaned across the bar to ask for before June looked at her with confusion, knowing that adding a bit of liquor in the mix would either make it better or worse—she didn't know. Her friend smirked at her, watching the bartender start to assemble their drinks.
June kept to herself for a moment before she heard a stealthy voice next to her. The jolt of her head towards him even surprised her as she licked over her lips at the way that he was looking at her.
"You following me, doll?"
June scoffed; her sharp tongue ready. "You don't think I have better things to do?" She quirked her eyebrow at him; feeling the closeness of them as she stood, and he sat on the barstool under the dim light of the grungy pub.
"No," He shook his head, taking a sip from his bottle before he turned to face her now. She was practically between his legs, his knees on either side of her as she stood closer to him than she thought. "I don't think you do."
He looked the same as he had yesterday morning; he was clean shaven on his cheeks, a bit of scruff on his lip and a twinkle in his eye that was undeniable among the green. A denim jacket covering his shoulders and tattooed arms that were on such display this morning. The hair sat longer on top of his head, just enough to add the definitive addition of chocolate curls.
June could barely look at him without her knees buckling at the bar top. But she took the drink from the bartender with confidence, trying to anchor herself.
"Well, you're wrong." June tells him, taking ahold of the cocktail before taking a sip and trying to play hard to get. A game she knew– a game she played far too often.
Harry watched the way she popped her hip, knowing she did it on purpose.
"I'm never wrong," He bit back, still playful. His eyes met June's, and she didn't dare look away. "So, try again."
June cleared her throat, standing against the bar as she let a breath out. What she hadn't anticipated was the way that his bent knee fell behind her own, pulling her closer between his legs at the busy bar.
June went to speak, a small gasp leaving her lips as she placed her hand on his shoulder as she lost a bit of balance. Her hair fell into his face as she felt herself push away. The smirk on his face only made her blush as she pushed off from him.
"Go on," He urged, "Try again."
She raised her eyebrows, noticing her hand still placed on his shoulder. "What if," She cleared her throat, "It's you who is following me?"
Harry took a sip of his beer, lazily, eyes staying on June as he shook his head softly.
" 'Course I am," He bit his lip, "Who wouldn't?"
His honesty came across, making her feel a bit speechless when she looked at him. She downed a good amount of the whiskey drink quickly, knowing that the quicker it went down, the quicker she'd feel it.
"Looks like what I said about criminal activity seems to be true," She let the straw of the drink rest on her tongue as she looked at him, "You're a bit no good."
"Never denied it," He downed a bit more of his drink before he raised his brow at her, "But you keep coming back, don't you?"
Her tongue rested on the straw, playing with it a little bit as she felt the flirtatious spirit running through her. The cat and the mouse were at their height, now.
"Just gathering all the facts on why I should stay away," She told him, pushing her hair back off of her shoulder. The small top only leaving little to the imagination; Harry tried to hold it together as he swallowed dryly.
"How's that working out for you?" He asked, his hand making its way to her hip as he pulled her a bit closer. June took a step, finding her balance as she stared at him for a moment. He knew the look on her face as he had seen that look a few times before.
A part of him felt the words deeper, which initiated him to reach for his wallet.
"Mind if you let me drive you home?" His voice was thick with a dry, hoarseness that only solidified her position backing into his lap.
June practically melted at his touch, his hand on her hip as she nodded a few times before turning towards him then.
"Don't think that should be a problem." She muttered over the music playing across the bar.
June's eyes found Shelby who was standing at the bar, just a few people over before she winked at them. She moved away, just so that Harry could stand on his feet as she watched the man throw a fifty down on the counter to cover the drinks.
"Drinking fifty dollars' worth and then driving me home?" Her attention turned towards the man as he gave her a lazy smile. "Feels a bit dangerous to get in the car with a drunk stranger."
"Feel like it's my job to pay for you too if I'm getting you to leave your friend to come spend time with me, hm?" Harry walked backwards a bit, reaching for her hand before they reached the door to the bar. "You looked like you were having a good time. But I got something to show you."
Her hand fit into his, her breathing escalating just a bit at the way that he maneuvered her grip, making his stronger instantly as he led them back to the Ford pickup he sport around town.
"I was having a good time," She tells him with a bit of a flirty essence, one that held a bit of attitude as far as he was concerned, "And now you're taking me from it. Wherever you're taking me must be pretty good."
Harry bit on his lip as he sniffles, scrunching his nose at her comment. Her comment only pressing his buttons.
"I'd apologize but I don't know if I'm sorry." He commented, cocking his head.
"You'll only have to apologize if I'm left disappointed–"
When they reached the blue pick-up, his hands instantly grabbed at her hips. They pushed her body into the iron to hold her captive against the side of the truck. It wasn't hard enough to hurt her, but hard enough to ground her. She hoped there'd be a small amount of pain as a reminder of the moment.
"You're not gonna question me, are you?" He asked her with the softest voice; the threat in his tone only heightened her senses as she flinched at the way he spoke.
The inside of her thighs fluttered at his growl of a voice. "N-No," June answered, "No, no, never."
His lips brushed against the side of her ear, pulling his body away from her just for a moment before he nodded and found the moment to understand her.
"Good girl," He praised, moving his hands upwards to her waist. The slim part of her torso melted into a perfect hourglass figure. Her hips were wide and held his sight, but his hands loved the feeling of the curve.
June's breath halted at the way that he held her– at first with a physical grip so tight, and then an invisible string of persistence.
The small pub rested just on the outskirts, in the mountains, but just far enough from the ranch. The radio played lightly; the windows were rolled down as the horizon line were just baring a bit of light.
Harry had driven the truck up to one of the horse barns that sat just close to June's guest house, where she had been staying. It was a bit further on the property, but she drove past it almost every day.
"What are we doing here?" She questioned him before he opened the door. He went to the other side to help her out, taking her hand as she jumped down. He had taken her waist in his hands to help her, the touch of him on her was enough to make her breathing hitch.
"Have something to show you, I told you." He said, taking her hand in his as he led her back up to the darkened barn. When they arrived at the open door, he flickered on a switch that gave the large space a bit of light.
When they both walked into the small barn, the only lights were overhead, the sound of the crickets chirping filled the silence. June followed Harry's lead before she noticed that they stopped at the stall at the end of the row, down closer to the tack room.
"Here we are," Harry nodded, leaning his arms on the side of the stall gate. When June turned towards the mother horse and baby that were laying on the ground before them. She felt her heart melt at the sight of the small, brown foal that had two white spots on the top of its forehead.
"Oh my god," She gasped, watching as Harry smiled at her surprise. "Aren't they the sweetest thing?"
"He was born this morning," Harry leaned against the gate, watching the two horses on the ground before he turned back to June. The mare simply in awe of the small baby, seemingly tired as she laid next to him. "Needs a name."
"The ranch has a history of naming them after the stars, you know," June tells him, walking over to the little foal. His legs tucked under him, two bright white spots perfectly in the middle of his forehead.
June leans down a bit, hesitant not to scare him. Her hand reaches out to pet the small foal before she runs over hand over the white spots.
"Well, mum is Forager of Stardust," He tells her, keeping against the gate with his arms crossed, "So, we'll keep it in the family."
June starts to giggle as she turns back to Harry, eyes wide, "Ziggy Stardust– hands down, has to be."
"Ziggy Stardust? Alright, then. Sounds like a perfect name to me." Harry questions with a laugh; his smile becoming a bit more than the typical lazy one he likes to sport. June noticed that the crinkles by his eyes were a bit more defined, her nods insinuating her answer.
June turned back to the little foal before watching as his dark brown eyes blinked a few times with the lashes so long and fluttered. Her heart was built from the small creatures around the farm, the life that had been put into this lifestyle.
It reminded her of the sweetness; the parts of her life that continued to only get better the older she got and the more she enjoyed the peacefulness of simplicity.
This was it– this was the simplicity she craved. The rebirth, the gentle touches that reminded her of what life really was all about. She loved watching the ranch run on its own, watching as it grew everyday with small details.
Harry had moved towards a bale of hay that sat in the corner, taking a seat on it as he leaned against the stable wall. He watched June nuzzling the foal before she turned her head towards him again. He gave her a tilted smirk, dimple pressing into his cheek as he watched the nurturing love that nestled out of her.
"Did you grow up on a farm?" She asked, looking back at him before standing up from her spot. She managed to make her way through the tall stable hay before taking a seat on the bale with him. The small spot was snug, but neither of them seemed to mind.
"I did," He nodded a few times, "But it was a lot different. Sheep and goat, mostly. England is also a bit flatter, so it was a lot easier to ride than it is here. But I just figured that this would be a bit of an adventure."
"Think you made a good choice?" June asked, crossing her arms as her legs settled straight out just like his.
Harry raised his brows before he felt that he couldn't stop himself from smiling all the sudden. He wanted to believe that the few beers had something to do with it, hours ago now, but he knew that it wasn't. His eyes were downcast as he started to nod a few times.
"The views here are incredible." He answered, looking up at her, "But the scenery around here is good, too."
June nodded a few times, sniffling.
Harry decided to return the question, looking back at her. "Do you think you made the right choice coming back home? Assuming you liked the city, I guess."
June shrugged her shoulders, knowing that being home was always difficult in some capacity. She loved her family, loved the ease of being able to go places and knowing exactly what to expect. Home seemed to be a place that was easily accessible to her, all the time. Her family would always bring her back—she always knew that she could lean on them without an issue or judgement of feeling pressured to leave.
"I think I made the right choice to come home and to do what feels easy right now," She nodded a few times, "I think coming home from college is scary because you're like," She shrugged, "You feel like you don't have a direction anymore. You're in school practically your whole life—it's all you know. And then to think that you could go somewhere else and live a new life after that. It's just a lot. They're letting me stay in the guesthouse until I can get my bearings."
Harry understood, to some degree. But he was the opposite—if it wasn't new, it wasn't exciting. He wanted to see new things and to not see the same view twice. It meant that you weren't settled, even though the idea of settling wasn't bad. It was just different.
"It's probably good to know that you have a space in the world somewhere," He agreed, settling a bit, "I understand that. I didn't go to college, but I get that you want to feel like you're... you. And you're not having to reintroduce yourself to a new place or new people."
"My family knows exactly who I am," She smiled, "And that's what I want right now."
That was the truth—June wanted to just stay here until she was able to get her own place, maybe down the road. She could have the best of both worlds—one day she'd be able to live on her own, but still be able to stay connected to the place that felt so close to her heart. Teaching riding lessons was her only income, but it helped pay her loans and aided in her weekend ventures with her friends, specifically Shelby.
There wasn't much more she could have wanted now. Happiness seemed to manifest itself in the little things.
But, of course, after the small incident with Fury yesterday morning, she didn't know that she would have been able to trust him. It felt that there was more she could do about it, but she knew that his outbursts had been due to her lack of maintaining his trust and boundaries. He was also just an asshole half the time, and it wasn't something that she could put up with if he continued.
June sighed a bit, thinking of it when she noticed that Harry had taken interest in her sudden displeasure.
"What's wrong?" He asked. She blinked a few times, watching as he seemed to understand that her sigh was of annoyance.
"Well, I'm not going to be able to give anymore lessons until I can get Fury figured out," She shook her head, watching the man as he listened to her quandary. "I have to get him straightened out or I'll have to get another horse ready just to train on, and work with Fury until then."
Harry bit the inside of his cheek as he let his eyes move to the side, seeing if he would get the reaction he was looking for.
"Bet you're a real good rider, huh?" He teased, poking his tongue into the side of his cheek as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Probably give good lessons, too."
June pulled her lips into her mouth to keep from the smirk that was approaching, but she rolled her eyes instead. "What a line."
"I'm just asking!" He lifted his hands in defense as he chuckled out a bit, "Was maybe looking into some lessons to help you out."
Their outstretched legs bumped into one another as she pulled at bent knee up to hug into her chest. "I charge a hefty fee."
Harry shrugged, running his hand through his hair. The unruly curls were a bit out of control as he sniffled gently at the way that the hay tickled his nose. "I'll pay up-front."
June shifted her jaw as she licked over her lips. It was a bit dangerous, this game that they were playing. But she had an idea in her brain that she was going to take his advice.
What was the worst that could happen?
She sat up, back straight. Her eyes were downcast as she looked over at him, then. He didn't know how to respond to her stare before he felt the way that she pushed her knee over his lap. Her hands steadily placing on his shoulder as he looked up at her with a smirk that said all of the words that she desperately needed to hear.
"Alright, then," She sunk her teeth into her bottom lip, "Let me give you a lesson or two, cowboy." Her hips sank into his pelvis, pushing gently with the added pressure as she took a seat like he had inquired for.
Harry sat up a bit straighter, watching as she straightened up, too. Her skirt flowed over her thighs as he let his hands place on the outside of her hip for helping her balance. A smirk coated her blushing cheeks as she tucked her hair behind her ear in a nervous habit.
"I'm already learning so much," He teased her, waiting for her to make another move. She thought she may have a grasp on how to approach him but became nervous as she started to take charge. It was evident to him as she settled into his lap, but he loved the initiative.
They faced one another and she bit her lip at the way that he talked to her. He paid attention to her, let his hands get to know her before he pressed further.
"Dare you to kiss me, though." He said to her, watching as she gave him a look of confusion. She chuckled at him, as she shook her head, but he just smirked, "No one can pass up a dare."
She did exactly as he had dared, pressing down so their lips met. It was like finding water in the desert as she immediately pushed forward, needing more as soon as she got a taste. Her hips rolled at the feeling of his hand making its way to the back of her neck, almost like he was guiding her closer. He was showing her what she needed without words.
The kiss allowed him to press his tongue into her mouth which elicit a whimper from her, his cock straining underneath the jeans that she had been pressing on. He followed, letting his own whimper strain out at the thought of her pressed against him. The skirt not allowing anything between them except the panties he imagined she'd have on.
Deepening the kiss, he pulled her hips forward just enough that he was allowing her hips to ride into him. The coolness of his belt made her shiver, her thighs immediately reacting to the touch.
"You wanna let me take the reins?" He offered, his voice deep and raw as he felt the closeness of them. Her back arched into him, his words giving her a break as she nodded fervently.
"Please?" She asked, practically pleading.
It didn't take any longer before he threw his arm around her, picking her up into his lap as he found the grounding of his feet. Swiftly, he held her up on his waist as she wrapped her legs around his middle, holding on as they pressed their way through the barn.
The small tack closet next to the stable was the closest they got before he threw open the door and led them in.
Harry threw her on the table, letting her sit as he continued to let his lips fall over her again and again. With her help, his hands pulled the denim off of his arms and back, pieces of clothing seem to fall off easily.
He gently allowed his hand to move to the inside of her thigh, pressing down a bit to gauge her reaction.
Her skin was hot, his eyes were down as he guided his hand to the place that she needed him most.
"Please, please," She continued to plead, his ears ringing from the way that she needed. It was so innocent and cute, almost like she hadn't any idea how badly he could wreck her.
"Turn around." He demanded, pulling away just enough to give her room to move. When she didn't, all he saw was a deer in headlights, watching him for a moment like she didn't know what he was asking of her. She swallowed, licking over her lips as she got to her feet.
Her slow movement initiated him to grab her by the hips to turn her around quickly. His hand pressed on her back, pushing her to her elbows on the deck of the tack room.
"When was the last time you were fucked?"
Her throat was tight just at the words that left his mouth; her breathing racing as she anticipated the quickness of this. She had been waiting for it; hoping he'd understand she had been quietly asking for this.
"Been a while," She answered breathlessly, her legs pushed apart as he stood behind her. The flow of the skirt barely covered over her ass before he pushed it up to reveal it all. "N-Not that long."
His eyes grew three sizes larger as he took in the detail of the black lace that lay over her milky skin.
Harry pulled himself down, letting his knees sink to the ground. His eyes were level with the lace as he quickly let his fingers rest on the waistband, pulling them off of her and down her thighs.
She gasped at the feeling, his eyes never leaving.
"Goddamn," He commented, his thumb pressing softly into her. She jerked forward at the initial contact, eyes shutting as she leaned into his touch. "Knew it," He chuckled, "Knew you'd get yourself wet for me."
His thumb moved out slowly, her reaction exactly what he wanted. She pulled back with him, wanting to be filled– he knew exactly where he needed to get her.
"Needy," He berate, his words having a bit of edge. Her eyes flickered open as she gasped at the feeling of his hand slapping the harness of her skin. His thumb removed as he spanked her again, lurching her forward. "So fucking greedy."
Her knees trembled at the feeling, left untouched as he stood behind her. The sound of his belt made her eyes shut as he undid the button on his jeans and smirked at the way she settled underneath him.
"Don't mind that we don't have a condom, right?" He asked, his hand moving to the reddened spot on her skin that she ached took feel again. He smirked, knowing the words he would say would only make her a bit restless. "Can wait if you really need me to."
Her head turned around, her lips a bit raw from where she had been nibbling on it.
"No," She shook her head, "No– no. I'm safe, we're okay." She pleaded, and his smirked lifted at her neediness.
His hands pulled on her hips to arch just a bit for him. June quickly felt the teasing way his tip pressed against her soaked cunt, her hands turned white knuckled as she gripped tightly onto the wood. It was just the feeling alone– she hadn't even seen him, but her anticipation was high.
"Just letting you know," He pressed the tip right into the softness between her, giving her a sensation of euphoria just from how turned on she had been. She let out a moan, her eyes shutting. "We play by my rules. When I say down, you go down. When I say suck, you suck. No backtalking. I'm giving you the best fuck of your life, so you listen to me to get what I know you want. Got it?"
He hadn't even given her a reason to moan, her words caught in her throat as she nodded with. A subtle whimper— the strawberry blonde hair flinging over her shoulder as he moved it away. His lips found their home on the back of her neck, sucking gently at the skin.
"You're going to be such a good girl, though, aren't you? You would never disobey me, huh?" He cooed; his lips continued to ravish at her hair line as she threw her head back in an ache to feel the pleasure he was offering.
June's hips moved back gently, but his hands gripped at her before she could push herself onto him. The slight action gave him a sense of power; his hand smacking onto the curve of her.
The cracking sound familiar to one of a whip— she gasped at the feeling, her eyes closing shut just at the pain that radiated in such a burning sensation.
"Fuck," She whispered, knowing that she was simply dripping at the need. She had never been in a position of such need— she had never needed someone to give her what she needed in such a way that it brought tears to her eyes just to think about it. "I-I'm sorry— I—"
"I'm not." He stated, his breath hot on her neck. A coolness laying underneath—the metal of the cross hitting at her shoulder when he grabbed her hips towards him. When he pushed in, it took a fluid motion before they both moaned out in pleasure. It was a shock of intensity that Harry had truly never felt before.
Sure, he'd been in this position before— but like this? He had been with beautiful women, seen beautiful things. But the enticing scent of wildflowers and sweet vanilla only flourished as his nose brushed the softness of her shoulder.
Harry tried to keep his composure— trying to follow the red behind his eyes, but suddenly feeling the urge to cum at any moment which made him a bit nervous at the quick build-up. It was exceptionally better than he had expected; he had been more turned-on than he had thought.
His forehead rested on her shoulder blade; the small strap of her tank-top the only small detail that was between his forehead and her skin. Harry bit his lip slightly as he wondered when he would be ready to pull out to continue fucking her into an oblivion that would send her to the stars.
But he felt incredibly, incredibly close to the edge just at the initial feeling of her. He grunted in a bit of frustration as he shook his head to try to clear all the thoughts that had gathered there. The curls of his hair fell into his eyes as he shook his head. His hands kneaded into the fleshy skin that curved over the small skirt that still rested on her thighs. He had just pushed it up enough to give himself access to what he really needed.
Focus, he thought to himself.
"You are so goddamn tight," He watched as her back arched a bit at his words. Her chin turned to the side, just enough where he could now see her side profile. Her eyes were shut, mouth parted in a small, dainty way. "No one's fucked you in a while, have they, darling? You lie to me?"
Harry pulled himself out just a bit, watching where they connected as he felt himself slip back in. The tightness surrounding him made his eyes clamp shut. She felt incredible to him on every level that he couldn't think of anything else that moment.
It was dizzying.
"N-No, not like you— not like this," June muttered. The way that her hands gripped over the table in the tack room was almost pain to her fingertips. "You're so deep, fuck."
The sound of her voice elicits a response of his hips bucking into her, the rasp and grunt of June's voice painted a beautiful picture in his memory.
"You like me deep like that?" Harry licked over his lips, eyes moving down her body as he moved his leg to her thigh. "Pull this up on the table— go on," He urged, "it'll be good for you."
June felt the pat on her thigh, Harry's hands slid the remaining clothes down her legs to leave her completely free on the bottom. He pulled out for a moment to help her lift her leg, balancing herself as she felt suddenly empty without him filling her up.
Watching as she lifted her leg on the table, pushing herself up, Harry dropped to his knees as he took in what he saw. A certain hunger elicits his eyes as he grabbed onto the back of her thighs, spreading them apart. In an instant, she felt the spit on her already dripping cunt as his mouth attached to her almost like it was made for his lips to wrap around.
Her head drew back at the feeling of his mouth on her, the knot in her stomach was undoubtedly loosening as she felt the nudge of his tongue against her clit; the feeling of his nose gracing her. In the last twenty-four years, she had never been blessed with a partner that would have given her the opportunity to feel this way. She had never been with an older man before, either.
Maybe her innocence had been brushed away by the complete raging needs of his wandering hands.
Either way, she didn't know if she could get any better than this. The softness of his tongue with a stiff edge and control, the scruff of his upper lip taunting her as he spread her thighs further apart while his mouth took her from behind.
"Could ruin you in so many ways." Harry hummed, his tongue dripping from her arousal that coated it. "You want me to ruin you, doll?"
Her hair fell into her face as she nodded fervently, her hand pushing the locks away as she tried to catch a glimpse of him but leaned forward instead.
"Yes— I want you to ruin me, please." Her voice was a shy, timid tone but it held all of the power of her needs. He knew exactly what she needed, and he would gladly give her every bit of it.
Harry immediately felt the words go straight to his cock; the feeling of arousal only tempting him further and further. What was it about this girl that gave him such an issue? He hadn't always been so easy to please, but something about the way that she moved her hips, her small movements only made him want to be rougher.
A girl that didn't know what she wanted was always the best— it was the moment when she found exactly what she was looking for, but never knew how to express it that made him cum the hardest. Harry wanted to push every ounce of her until she was begging for it.
June lurched forward just a bit as he stood back up from his position, moving to enter her once again. The slickness of his spit mixed with her arousal created the perfect lubrication that guided his swiftly back into her.
Deeper this time— much deeper. He held onto her thighs, pushing his hips into her at a steadier rate as the soft hums of her whimpers started to go deeper and become significantly more adulterated versions of moans. He felt the way he slipped in and out of her like she had been made to pleasure him.
"Keep quiet," He urged, "You're going to get us into trouble if someone hears us."
"I want them to hear how good you're fucking me," She urged, a whimper coming out as he slowed his motions to tease her further. "Fucking me so good."
He leaned in a bit close to her ear, pulling back her neck as her body contorted to meet his needs. She was in his grasp, only moving in the way that he needed her to. His hand pulled at her throat; the coolness of his undone belt buckle was against her thigh as he pushed in completely to get as close to her as possible.
The moan that escaped her lips was cut short by the hand that cupped over her mouth, which only pushed her further.
"You're going to be quiet or I'm going to pull out, do you understand me?" His voice was deep, low, and cold as she shut her eyes to the sound of it. She felt the push of two of his fingers into her mouth, a surprise at first. "Brats get punished and I'm going to leave your little cunt wanting more if you don't listen."
June hadn't felt this way in years— there had never been a man to satisfy the needs that had been built up in this way. It really hadn't been that long since she hooked up with someone, but she had never felt this way in her entire life. She had never felt this full— this satisfied. It was extraordinarily rough— it was to the point where she hadn't ever known a pleasure like this before.
She couldn't have imagined this.
"You understand?" He says finally; she hadn't recognized that he had truly been waiting for a response before continuing. She had concluded that his pleasure was aided with being in charge. June couldn't understand the way that she became extremely, unbelievably pleasant for him. A few more thrusts pushed her to the brink of extraordinary delight before she dipped her head at the throbbing feeling between her legs.
"I understand— I do, I do, fuck– fuck." She whimpered out, unaware of the way that his thrusts had pushed on her enough that her muscles involuntarily ached as her orgasm became all the sudden wet— a solid gasp releasing her lips as she felt him pull out just at the feeling.
Harry's eyes darkened to a color of coal before he watched her inevitably drip down her own legs, the sight only causing his own mind to fall to a place of filth and absolute insanity. The gushing liquid was only a sight that he never thought he'd see like that– especially from her.
The innocent act was truly just an act.
"Jesus Christ," He commented under his breath, a bit taken by the sight. He choked back for a moment before he looks at the way he left her cunt dripping with need over the dark brown boots that had pushed her legs open. "So, fucking messy, aren't you?"
He watched the way that June's breathing heaved for a moment before he let his hand run down her spine— almost like she had been a bit surprised, like she hadn't expected her body to do anything like that.
Harry paused for a moment, watching to make sure that she was okay. Even in the rough moments, he watched to see if she seemed alright— his head tilting a bit as he hadn't heard anything else from her. A small coax from his hand on the small of back made him pause for a moment.
"Hey," He spoke quietly, "You're okay, doll, hm?"
June felt extremely exhausted already, almost like her body had started to fail her with how her legs trembled in this position. Her head turned back to look at him, a small nod coming from her without any words as she tried to find herself back in the moment.
It was an odd feeling in his chest as he started to feel an ache that went from extremely vile— filthy as he fucked this girl against the tack closet desk, to a sense of vulnerability that he made have started to push her a bit further than she was ready for. She didn't know it until her body was giving her pleasure that she hadn't felt before.
In an attempt to aid in some relief, especially to the legs that shook a bit more than a small foal, he pulled June back to a standing position. Her confusion on her face was obvious before Harry grabbed her by the waist to place her on the end of the desk instead. The skirt that had been pulled around her thighs had been pulled down completely.
"Get you off your legs so I can finish you off without you falling out on me," He told her with a sly smile, "Anyone ever made you feel this good?"
He watched the girl— completely wrecked with a face of pure softness. Her eyes were dazed, her attention stayed on him as he she shook her head. He felt better that she was conscious, even if he had taken practically everything from her.
"I can tell," He tells her softly before he tucks the hair out of her face, "Sorry you've been so deprived," Harry comments, "Would've done it for you sooner, if I would have known. Good thing I know now, hm? Won't let this happen again, angel, promise.
The feeling of their lips presses together as June grabs at her thigh so that Harry can move into the position between her legs once again. His tongue tastes like tobacco, a hint of the gum that he had been chewing.
Harry pressed the tip of his cock back into her to finish what he had started. His muscles ached in his abdomen as he felt himself tense at the feeling through a few more thrusts as he faced her now.
"Feels so, so good," June's words had whimpered out of her, a bit surprising at how quiet she had been and started to become even more so. "I-I'm— it's— fuck. Please, please more."
Harry's hands had made their way to her hips, making sure she had been pulled completely to the front of the desk so that he could feel her deeper. His vision moved down to the place where they connected; a hint of heat on the back of his neck as he thought of the moment more intrinsically.
"C'mon," He coaxed, their noses brush as he lets his forehead rest against hers. His breathing hitched for a moment as he felt her hand move to grab at his bicep. "C'mon, give me one more. You can do it."
His hips snapped further into her; June breathed into his mouth with a hot gasp as she screwed her eyes shut at the feeling of his cock nudging at a place that elicit such a firework of intensity that she hadn't ever felt before. It didn't matter how many college nights, bar hookups, serious relationships— none of those had the control that Harry had over her.
This was a feeling that he had crafted to ensure that the other person felt extraordinarily vulnerable and taken. She recognized that she wasn't the first, and certainly wouldn't be the last.
She was okay to just be his right now.
"Mm," She bit on her lip at the thought of what had caused her to be sent over the edge prior. She wanted to know what to ask for; she didn't know what she needed, but she was certainly going to try. "W-Want you to...to c-call me a slut," she said with a small voice, just heard between them. Her eyes had turned away from him with a sheepish-shy feeling. "Need it."
Harry paused for a moment before he let his hand move to underneath her chin, propping her up to look into his eyes. He needed her to say it to him— needed to see her embarrassed and shy, wanting him to treat her like a one-night rather than a forever.
"I only call it like it is," He tells her with a grin carved like a devil, "I just have to call you a slut so you drench my cock? Is that it?" He knew he had to push her further, get her to a place in her head where she felt sexy, where she felt loose to the point of unraveling. "Letting me fuck you in a little closet on your daddy's ranch— such a pretty little brat."
"Fuck me," She whined, knowing that her words would travel if she were any louder. "I-I'm gonna–"
"Do it." He coaxed.
Just at the sound of his words, he could feel the way that she unwound herself— simply, he didn't recognize that his words really did have the effect. His lips part as he watched her body fully shake with a convulsion the wetness coated his front with a small spray of her. Drenching his clothes and their boots as they sat with gasping breaths, he stared at the way that her pussy reacted to him, wondering how his words affected her so easily.
She was wrecked.
"That's such a good fucking girl," Harry told her softly, pressing himself back in, nodding fervently as he reassured her. Her cry was let out of the feeling of sensitivity that came after her explosive orgasm.
His hand placed on the back of her neck, pulling her forward a bit as he snapped his hips harder into her so that he could reach a place of pure euphoria. He couldn't begin to replay the actions of her pretended innocence, wondering if he would ever get to see anything like it agan. "Not going to last—fuck."
In an instant, his muscles tensed with an aching feeling that pushed his hips deeper into hers. Harry's lips placed themselves on her neck, kissing at the spots with a gentle softness—he knew what he had been in for in this intense, heated hook-up, but his cock had found a ferocious love for finishing inside of her all of the sudden.
It was all encompassing.
"Shit– shit." He hadn't even thought of the repercussions of not having the condom but needing to be careless for a few moments of time. He fell into her grip, holding onto her softly as he felt their breathing becoming less heavy.
June's legs were wrapped around his hips like an anchor, her head sat heavy on his shoulder as he mustered up the courage to pull away. He didn't really want to pull out completely, knowing it felt too good to let his cock feel the tight confines of her walls.
He slowly pulled his hips back, letting the mess fall out with him.
"Oh, fuck." He muttered under his breath, watching the display of a horribly sexual sight. One that someone would pay money to see. "I've never felt anything like that."
The way that she breathed against the wall, up on the table. Her eyes were shut as she held herself up and wondered if her choices had been worth it. She blinked a few times, almost like her body was now shutting down after the intensity of their passionate love affair.
Harry waited for her to respond to him, to look at him. He watched as her chest raised and lowered, knowing she was still breathing, but seemed to be missing from behind her eyes.
"Hey," He pulled her back from against the wall, whispering to her sweetly as he felt himself breathing a bit fast, too. "C'mon, doll, we should go clean up. I think we can sneak out the back."
Her movements felt heavy as Harry tried his best to bring her back to her feet. When he felt that she was steady enough, he let go of her to place his jeans and belt back into place, watching her shakily redress herself. The quietness of the small tack closet didn't hinder them, as Harry placed a kiss along her cheek before he let his hands fall on the doorknob.
"I'll go first and then you can follow me," He tells her, watching her nod in agreement. "Front door or back door?" He asks, in reference to the small guest house that June had been staying in. Her breathing had finally fallen into place. The desperation of need still on her eyes, which only excited him to get her back alone.
"Back." She tells him, quietly. Using her words wasn't so bad, but her legs became a bit unsteady, so she held onto the table behind her.
Before he opens the door, Harry gives her a quick once over. His eyes land on her lips before he steps forward to leave a kiss along her pout, letting her sink into him once again. The taste of her instantly feeds him as he groans into the feeling.
It was about time he found the feeling everyone told him he should be looking for. It was a myth for so long, but just in the way that he lips melted into his was enough to make to him blush. Her hands in his hair at the back of his neck, the feeling of her nails along his jaw settled his need for the moment before he pulled back and gave her another peck.
"Don't be too long," He told her, "Don't want to have to wrangle you back to me."
She smirked at his challenge as he opened the door to slip out. Her eyes shut at the way moved, closing the door behind him. A settled feeling in her chest only made her stumble back just a bit, letting herself rest on the table before she took in a solid breath.
Home had seemingly never felt so right.
As Edna Mode once said…
!NEW SERIES!
PAIRING: CAITVI
“WRANGLED”
part 1 // part 2 // part 3 (coming soon)
SUMMARY: The Kiramman’s live a lavish life that has now been moved to the countryside in hopes to reconnect with the outside world. Caitlyn is in her last year of graduate school and spends most of her time by herself, whether that be stuck in her room with her nose in a book or riding her horse Calypso. Vi, along with Jinx and Ekko, are on the hunt for a solid position to dig their feet into the ground. When Caitlyn’s father hires new ranchers to help around the Kiramman ranch, a new and curious connection develops between Caitlyn and Vi. They spend most of their time together in the heat of the moment— taking each other on new adventures and finding even more ways to get lost in each others love.
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CAITLYN KIRAMMAN 𓃗
VI 𓄀
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Wrangled: Part 2
𐚁𓇢𓆸𓄀˚☽˚.⋆ wrangled // part 1 // part 2 // part 3 (coming soon)
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ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ pairing: CaitVi AU
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ warnings: slight language and lots of pining and fluff
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ description: after vi catches caitlyn and maddie together, caitlyn confronts vi about it to ease her mind. jinx notices that caitlyn might be in need of a night out, deciding to take her to their favorite local bar. in hopes to help caitlyn meet new women, jinx fixes caitlyn up with the first woman who walks into the bar.
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ word count: 6.4k
The distant and unspoken interaction between her and Vi had been weighing on Caitlyn for the past few days. She wasn’t sure exactly why she was pondering it so intensely, but she could not get it out of her head. It didn’t help that Vi had been off elsewhere for the past few days.
Caitlyn wanted to confront Vi about the whole mishap and explain what happened, but why? Caitlyn was an adult and could make her own choices, so why did she feel the need to explain herself? Not just explain herself, but explain to Vi.
No matter how silly the situation felt, Caitlyn was overcome with anxiety about it. She had trouble focusing her energy in her classes throughout the week and found herself searching for Vi each time she made it home. No such luck.
In addition to the anxiety created around Vi, Caitlyn hadn’t heard a word from Maddie since the night they spent together. Unfortunately, this wasn’t unusual, but it didn’t sting any less. Caitlyn wanted to stop seeing her, but she didn’t know how to tell her. She couldn’t help that she liked the small bit of company that Maddie provided to her.
So, she waited. She waited for any sign of Vi to appear outside and she waited for any word from Maddie by periodically checking her phone.
Eventually the constant hypervigilance was driving Caitlyn crazy, so she decided to put her headphones on to decompress and sooth her thoughts. She hummed along to her music as she finally got into the groove of her work load she had been putting off all week.
Cora had settled on Caitlyn’s lap and was vibrating ever so gently from her purring. Caitlyn was chewing on the end of her pencil in thought while she stared blankly at her computer screen. The words were a blur and she didn’t think she had anymore room in her brain for more information, but she tried to power through the best she could.
She was able to create a rhythm at last that had her concentrated and zoned into her work. She released a breath of trapped air from her chest, getting rid of some of her lingering anxiety.
This was until Caitlyn practically jumped out of her skin when Cora’s claws latched onto her skin due to being spooked. Caitlyn threw her headphones off to figure out what was the matter.
The source of Cora’s distress was obvious once she regained her hearing back. There was a terrible noise coming from outside her window that sounded as if it was from a saw of some kind. She looked in the distance and saw sparks flying from behind the barn.
Caitlyn thought the disturbance would die down, but it was relentless. She grumbled out of frustration and decided to try and fix it the best she could. She closed the window and went back as she was, headphones and note taking.
This only lasted a minute or so before the noise was back at the same volume. She was unsure how it was possible that she could still hear the awful sound.
Confrontation was not so much her forte, but she was feeling special this particular evening. She decided to take matters into her own hands to try and get back to a peaceful study night.
Caitlyn fled down the stairs and out the front door to walk across the lawn. She looked around to see who else she could spot. She noticed Jinx first in the garden, looking as if she was sprinkling bulbs down several rows of soil. Walking further you saw that Ekko was also accompanying her.
Great, that meant that Vi was the culprit for the loud noises. While Caitlyn wanted to discuss the other night with Vi, she was becoming less and less confident with each step she took.
Vi was going to town cutting small pieces of metal on the workbench. She seemed to be in her own world, lost among the sparks flying around her. She cut a piece and set it to the side with the rest, repeating this a few times before Caitlyn spoke up.
“Hey!” she yelled over the noise, but she did not get Vi’s attention. “Could you keep it down!”
There was still no response from Vi. Caitlyn couldn’t tell if her silence was on purpose or if it was from all the noise Vi was making.
Caitlyn tried one last time, yelling louder over the harsh sounds to pull Vi out of her trance. Caitlyn’s words fell quiet in the middle as Vi stopped the saw and whipped around to face Caitlyn. She lifted her face covering off and stared at her.
“Do you mind keeping it down a little bit?” Caitlyn asked. “It’s hard to focus when you’re making all this…commotion.”
Vi scanned her up and down before she smirked in disbelief. Caitlyn was a sight to behold in her wide leg sweatpants, short cropped tank top, and bare feet. “Unfortunately, there’s not a volume option on the saw, sweetheart.”
“Excuse me?”
“I gotta do my job, and right now, this,” Vi gestured to the workbench, “is my job.”
“Can’t you take a break, or at least find something else to do for the time being?”
Vi took her face shield off completely now, setting it on the bench. Her hands found her hips and she stood across from Caitlyn, their energies matching one another.
“Well, would you like to tell me exactly what to do, since I seem to be putting you out?” Vi stood with her eyebrow raised in question. “I’m sorry I’m disturbing your work time, that must be awful.”
Caitlyn understood the jab but rolled her eyes nonetheless. “I don’t mean to be a bother, I just have a lot to do and having some peace and quiet would be delightful.”
“Should’ve thought of that before letting your little girlfriend come over to distract you the other day.”
The words left Vi’s tongue before she could stop herself and Caitlyn was thrown back. Of course she had wanted to talk to her about it, but she never expected Vi to ignite the subject.
“That is none of your business,” Caitlyn replied. She’s the one that wanted to talk to Vi in the first place and now she’s abandoning all hope of civility. Caitlyn fidgeted with her hands in place. “You’re not going to tell anyone, right?”
“I thought it was none of my business?”
Fair enough, she thought. “It’s just- I don’t think my parents would be thrilled about me having a woman sneaking around late at night.”
Vi couldn’t help but smile at Caitlyn’s innocence. She seemed truly worried about being caught doing something so miniscule. All Caitlyn wanted to do was keep the peace between her and her family so that they had nothing to hold against her.
“Don’t worry, I’m not gonna tell mommy and daddy you had a lady over at their house.”
Caitlyn sighed. “Thank you… I didn’t mean for you to see, by the way.”
“Why is that?”
Why did she care?
There was no reason to hide information or actions from Vi, but Caitlyn felt the need to explain herself. She was overcompensating for something that she couldn’t quite conceptualise just yet.
“I- I didn’t want to make anything weird, I guess,” Caitlyn said, confusing even herself at what she was trying to say.
Vi’s lips parted while she stood in confusion. “I’m not sure what you’re getting at, cupcake?”
Caitlyn’s eyes widened and she hoped in that moment that she was far enough away from Vi so that she couldn’t see how red her cheeks were. She justified her pink cheeks by blaming it on the warm breeze blowing through. It was no use because she suddenly became extremely aware of her body language while she zoned out in front of Vi.
“I should go,” Caitlyn quickly said, somehow snapping herself out of the trance Vi created. “Like I said, I have a lot of work to do.”
Caitlyn crossed her arms and cursed at herself as she walked away from Vi. She didn’t understand why she let Vi have so much power over her at that moment.
“Hey, Cait!” Ekko waved at you from across the lawn. All you wanted to do was be alone, but you indulged in his kindness in hopes of cheering you up. He was waiting in the garden, one of his feet propped on top of the bottom of the shovel. “How have you been?”
“Good I guess, what about you?”
“Been pretty great! You have a beautiful place here, so I couldn’t ask for anything better.”
Caitlyn smiled. “Only thanks to you. Without you guys it would look like an overgrown pigsty.”
Jinx touched her hand to her heart. “That’s mighty fine praise if I do say so myself,” Jinx said. Ekko rolled his eyes while Caitlyn laughed.
“You have any plans tonight?” Ekko asked. Both Jinx and Ekko wore the same curious face of interest.
“Uhm, not necessarily.”
“Tomorrow?” Jinx asked this time and Caitlyn shook her head in reply. “Perfect! You’re going out with us tonight!”
“I’m what?” Though Caitlyn enjoyed being around Ekko and Jinx, the invitation was sudden and unexpected.
“C’mon, it’ll be fun,” Jinx whined.
Caitlyn knew she needed an outlet other than Maddie since even her mother was picking up on her lack of friends. Plus, there was always the possibility of Vi being there in their company.
“Alright,” Caitlyn sighed.
“Yes! Be back down here in an hour in something pretty,” Jinx winked.
“Pretty?”
“I’m just foolin’ around. We’ll take you to our favorite bar in town if that’s good with you?” Caitlyn could use a good drink which is why she nodded in agreement and went on her way.
Soon enough, in an hour's time, Caitlyn was back downstairs and ready to join in on the group’s fun for the night. To say the least, Jinx’s comment on dressing pretty went to Caitlyn’s head, causing her to throw half of her closet onto her bed in frustration.
After much deliberation, she put on her best pair of jeans that hugged her just right, tall, heeled leather boots, and a white button up. She took care to unbutton an extra button mindlessly so her chest was further exposed. The slight humidity from the day added extra texture and waves to her hair which paired perfectly with her half up hairstyle that fell loosely down her back.
She knew she had outdone herself the moment she saw Ekko and Jinx dressed casually. “Damn, babe. You clean up nicely,” Jinx smirked.
“I know it’s too much,” Caitlyn said insecurely. “I have a tendency of overdressing even for the simplest of events.”
Jinx giggled. “Honey, you look great, now get your ass in the truck. I’m ready for a drink!”
Caitlyn walked towards the truck while Jinx pulled the handle from the inside and the door swung open. She climbed up into the tall truck to join Jinx and Ekko on the long bench seat. Jinx patted Caitlyn’s leg a couple times as the engine revved inside the truck and drove down the driveway.
She hated to ask, but she was curious. “No Vi?” Caitlyn asked as casually as she could.
“Nah, she’s busy working late on her bike or some other shit. She likes to keep to herself most times. People aren’t really her thing.”
“I guess we have that in common.”
While Jinx’s head was turned towards Ekko, Caitlyn discretely buttoned the button she once intentionally left open. She realized there was probably no need for that now.
The bar was only a few miles away, though Caitlyn had never been there or even passed by. She had to admit that she wasn’t very well traveled, even around her own home. It wasn’t very often that she got out of the house for her own pleasure.
As they pulled into the parking lot, Caitlyn observed the large crowd of cars parked outside. “Are there usually this many people?” she asked nervously.
“No, but tonight is line dancing. Every Thursday night, like clockwork,” Jinx replied.
Caitlyn tensed as she realized she might be in for more than she originally anticipated. She had no choice but to follow through now and try to have a good time.
As soon as the door opened she was greeted by crowds of people talking over one another and country music at a level she wished to never hear. The lights were dim, only the neon signs and colorful shades glowing brighter than the rest. The sounds of darts hitting their targets and balls crashing together from the pool tables were heard occasionally from over the music. This was definitely not her crowd.
Ekko motioned for Jinx and Caitlyn to follow him through the crowd. He led them to the bar where a few empty seats were left for them. Luckily they were hidden in the back, just like Caitlyn preferred. They each sat down and ordered drinks of their choosing and settled in.
“So,” Jinx started, taking a break while she took a couple swigs of her drink, “you don’t get out much do you?”
Caitlyn shook her head. “Not really. It’s usually University and home for me. I’m not really one for this kind of thing.”
“I can see that.” Jinx looked at Caitlyn’s martini and laughed.
“What brings you guys here?” Caitlyn asked.
“Before you, we all worked down at old man Murray’s ranch,” Ekko explained. “He died and his family sold his land and everything that came with it. I guess our names got passed around enough that your dad expressed interest in our work.”
“If you all have been working here all this time, how come I haven’t seen you around?”
“You’re the one who said you don’t get out much.” Jinx nudged Caitlyn with her arm, causing her to laugh. “Guess that means you don’t have a girlfriend.”
Caitlyn nearly choked on her drink. “Who said I liked women?”
Jinx looked at her blankly. “It doesn’t take 20 questions to figure you out, babe.”
“No, I don’t have a girlfriend,” Caitlyn sighed.
“What about that little redhead girl you had over?”
Caitlyn thought about wringing Vi’s neck. “It’s only every once in a while. I like to have fun… sometimes.”
“Yikes,” Ekko said.
“My thoughts exactly,” Jinx responded with a pitiful look on her face. “You gotta get out there and have more fun. I promise it’s what it’s cracked up to be occasionally.”
“It’s just easier this way, with Maddie that is,” she explained. “We don’t talk about anything of substance. She’s more of a physical being.” The more Caitlyn heard herself talk, she actually started to feel a little bit bad for herself. It didn’t help that both Ekko and Jinx wore the same face of pity. “Oh, don’t look at me like that.”
“So… friends with benefits, minus the friends?” Jinx asked and Caitlyn buried her face in her hands in embarrassment. “Ain’t no need in getting yourself all torn up about it. There’s plenty of better people out there.”
As antisocial as Caitlyn was, it was hard enough to find an openly gay woman hanging around her school, but a gay woman at a dive bar in the middle of nowhere? Now that was the joke of the century.
Caitlyn watched as Jinx’s eyes lit up from something behind her. A sly smile was painted on her face as she sat upright. “Now’s your chance!”
Caitlyn tried to look over her shoulder but Jinx forcefully turned her head away, facing it back towards herself. “Ouch!”
“Not yet, you gotta look hot before you dive in head first.” Jinx took the liberty of unbuttoning Caitlyn’s shirt even lower. “Don’t think I didn’t see your shirt before you decided to hide your goodies.”
“My what?” Caitlyn asked, appalled.
“Shh! She’s coming over here.” Jinx looked the other way, pretending as if she never saw the woman in the first place.
Caitlyn waited nervously for the woman to walk up to her. She stayed facing Ekko and Jinx so the woman couldn’t see her face, only her back and her cobalt hair that waved down.
“What happened to all that work you had to do?”
Caitlyn sat up straighter and slowly swiveled in her barstool to see Vi facing her. Vi’s arms were crossed as she looked at Caitlyn with playful eyes, not missing her chance to look lower at the lack of fabric covering Caitlyn’s chest. The words she wanted to say were caught in her throat as she looked at Vi in her leather jacket, white beater, and jeans.
“That liquor glue your mouth shut?”
“No,” Caitlyn squeaked.
She turned back around towards Jinx where she was trying to hold in her laughter. Caitlyn rolled her eyes and looked up to the sky as if she was begging for anyone, or anything, to save her from her own embarrassment.
She sighed and composed herself as much as she could before turning back around towards Vi who was now sitting on the stool next to her. “I thought you weren't a people person?”
“I’m not, but contrary to popular belief, not liking people doesn’t affect my liking of a nice drink every once in a while.”
Vi sat forward on the stool and waved down one of the bartender’s to get a drink. She waited a moment before a beer bottle appeared before her, which she was quick to drink before turning to face the group.
“Nice to see you out in the wild,” she said to Caitlyn.
“Yeah, I guess I got a little tired of being locked in the house. Not exactly how I thought I would be spending the night though.”
“How so?” Vi asked, genuinely interested in what she had to say. She squinted at Caitlyn as if she was a puzzle begging to be solved. “If Caitlyn Kiramman could be doing anything right now, what would she be doing?”
All eyes were on Caitlyn as they awaited her answer. She wished she had a shell she could hide in to protect her from being the main focus. “Well… if I was doing anything…” She looked at Vi whose eyes were fixed strongly on Caitlyn’s. It was as if she didn’t want to miss a single word of what she had to say. “Honestly, I would probably be doing the complete opposite of this. I would most likely be in bed with a good book and a cup of tea.”
Vi nodded her head slowly. “In that case, we’ll make tonight worth your while, princess,” she said before winking and downing the rest of her drink.
Jinx looked at Ekko, then back to Caitlyn. “We’re gonna go dancing for a while. Why don’t you two catch up a bit?”
Before Caitlin could interject, Jinx was pulling Ekko along onto the dance floor with the rest of the folk. They were quick to observe the moves and follow suit, line dancing and clapping to the music.
“I know this isn’t your type of thing, so why come?” Vi asked.
“You want the truth?”
“Preferably.”
Caitlyn sighed. “My mother.”
“Your mother?” Vi looked as confused as ever.
“My mother,” she nodded. “All I can see in the back of my head is my mother telling me I have no friends and no life, and that I need to get out more, so here I am.”
“You do everything your mommy says?”
Caitlyn whipped her head towards Vi and stared her down. She didn’t appreciate the insinuation, even if it was true.
She was over the topic of talking about herself, she was more curious about Vi. “What brings you here? I thought you were busy with your precious bike.”
“Don’t bad mouth my baby,” Vi said which made Caitlyn laugh. “The real reason I came was to see you in your unnatural habitat, of course.”
“Well thank you, that warms my heart.” Caitlyn sarcastically touched her hand to her chest. “You’re not wrong about unnatural though.”
There was a comfortable silence that rang in Caitlyn’s ears, the type of ringing that drowned out the music while she stared at Vi looking around the bar. It was one of her only chances to do so, which she would be foolish not to take. It allowed her to look more closely at Vi, granted this was the closest she had gotten to her. Caitlyn noticed the sprinkle of freckles that complimented her face and her icy blue eyes that darted around in front of her.
“So, Violet,” Caitlyn says in an almost mocking tone. “What brings you here?”
Vi swivels around in her seat again towards Caitlin. “Well, Caitlyn,” she says, matching her tone, “a good drink brought me here tonight, but if you mean the greater here, then that’s a longer story.”
Caitlyn stared at Vi, waiting for her to continue. “Ekko already told me you all worked at Murray’s farm, but everything before and in between is unknown. What else is there to know?”
This was Caitlyn’s way of gaslighting Vi into talking about herself. She knew it would make her crack, as it was obvious that Vi liked to talk about herself and her family.
Vi let a smile slip. “Alright, Kiramman. What do you wanna know?”
“Where are you from, how did you get here? You know, the basics.”
“The three of us were born and raised down south, but we moved up here together after high school. Me and Jinx have two other brothers who stayed down south. As for Ekko, we grew up with him and went to school together which led us here. You can see how it worked out for the two of them.”
Caitlyn looked out towards the dance floor where Ekko and Jinx were tumbling over their feet and giggling together. It was enough to make both Caitlyn and Vi smile.
“Why did you end up here of all places?”
“I could say the same about you, cupcake.”
Caitlyn tried to hide her blush as much as possible. “We’re not talking about me.”
“Yet,” Vi smirked and Caitlyn rolled her eyes. “Anyways, we landed here thanks to me, if I do say so myself.”
“How so?”
“After I finished University, I wanted to move somewhere new that also felt a bit like home. That’s how we ended up here.”
“Where did you go to school?”
“So curious,” Vi teased.
“How could I not be? Three strangers spend all day around me, I think I’d like to know all I can about them.”
“Well played, Kiramman. I went to MIT.”
Caitlyn’s eyes widened. “You went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?”
“That’s what MIT stands for,” Vi laughed.
“Well if I would have known I was sitting next to a genius maybe I would have been a little nicer.” Caitlyn side-eyed Vi as she took the last sip of her drink.
“In that case, I know how you can make it up to me.”
Caitlyn knew Vi enough at this point that the idea of her doing something for Vi made her nervous. She didn’t know what exactly she owed her in return but she didn’t know if she could handle two situations out of her comfort zone.
Vi stood up and took off her jacket, throwing it over the stool. Maybe Caitlyn did in fact like the direction this was headed. She watched as Vi crossed the room and stopped at the pool table, grabbing one of the cue sticks and standing with it as if it was a cane. She leaned against it smugly while staring Caitlyn down. “It’s only fair we have a friendly game of pool, don’t you think?”
“I don’t see how that’s fair in the slightest, as I am a royal disappointment when it comes to playing pool.” Caitlyn walks in Vi’s direction, accepting defeat and knowing she won’t get out of this without playing.
“Even better,” she smirked. To Caitlyn’s surprise Vi held out the cue stick towards her, offering it to her first.
“What a gentleman.” Caitlyn smiled as she walked away, trying to hide the cheeky grin from the pink haired girl.
She circled the table to get to the other side so she could wait for Vi to ready herself. Vi very generously applied chalk to the end of her cue stick, then gesturing for Caitlyn to join her. Vi took the liberty of holding Caitlyn’s cue stick to coat the tip of hers in chalk as well. Caitlyn watched the way Vi’s fingers and hand flexed as she rubbed circles on the tip of the stick. She couldn’t help but smile when she looked at Vi’s face of concentration that made her tongue stick out slightly and her eyes squint. Vi blew off the excess chalk from Caitlyn’s stick and sent her on her way.
“Ladies first,” Vi said, her hand extending towards the table.
“Oh, absolutely not. I’m already going to make a fool of myself enough, I don’t need the humiliation of going first.”
“Whatever you say.” Vi shrugged her off and focused on the game.
Vi’s cue stick took position across the felted table. She leaned down until her chest was parallel to the table and extended her left after down the length of her stick. Her right arm held the end of the stick in a sweaty grip in preparation to scatter the balls with the perfect precision.
Caitlyn leaned against her own stick as she watched Vi’s unbeatable focus. She had the same locked in look as she did while applying the chalk, only this time she was more serious. Caitlyn’s eyes drifted from Vi’s face to her body. Vi’s right bicep flexed with every move and twitch she made from the stick. She was toned all the way down to her toes and Caitlyn was well aware how long she had been staring at this point.
She jumped at the loud crack like thunder that pierced her ears as all the balls rolled quickly in different directions. She blinked several times, trying to ground herself and bring her mind back to reality.
“Looks like you’re shooting for solids, Kiramman.”
Caitlyn took a look around the table and found a couple striped balls in opposing pockets. She knew by the way that Vi played that she was competitive. Normally this would be Caitlyn’s repertoire for most things, but certainly not pool.
She formed her hand into a fist and then flexed it outward. Even though it was a simple game, Caitlyn felt the high pressure radiating from Vi. She couldn’t remember the last time she played pool, so she tried to pay close attention to Vi’s mannerisms.
Caitlyn copied the way that Vi held the cue stick and the way she positioned her body. She could feel Vi’s stare burning onto her skin like a wildfire trying to burn her whole. Her presence alone was enough to feel intimidated, let alone Vi’s surprising proficiency at pool. Everything was getting to her which explained why her cue stick kept wavering and drifting away from her guiding fingers.
From behind the solid balls that Caitlyn was focusing on, she could see that Vi had left her position. Caitlyn’s breath hitched when she felt the brush of Vi’s body behind her. Not only behind her, but Vi was matching Caitlyn’s exact position behind her, their bodies flush against each other.
“Is this okay?” Vi whispered before committing any further. All Caitlyn could do was nod her head. It took everything within her to avoid Vi’s eye contact, so she used all the power she had to keep focusing on the table.
She held her breath as Vi ran her fingers down the length of Caitlyn’s extended arm. The chills that spread throughout Caitlyn’s body made the room feel as though it had dropped to freezing temperatures. To combat her icy chills, Vi’s body radiated warmth as she occasionally brushed up against Caitlyn.
Everything felt as if it was in slow motion when Vi put her right hand on the bottom of the cue stick next to Caitlyn’s. Both of them shared the same position with the same cue stick. They were pressed together as one unit.
“If you put your fingers like this,” Vi whispered next to Caitlyn’s ear while also watching as Caitlyn mirrored Vi’s hand positioning. “Then you keep your eye on that white cue ball and the ball you wanna hit into the pocket, alright?”
Caitlyn nodded and followed Vi’s lead. She kept her eyes peeled on the ball, which helped distract her from the fact that Vi was staring straight at her.
“When you’re ready, use your right arm to quickly smack the tip of the cue stick into the white ball,” Vi whispered finally.
Caitlyn closed her eyes and inhaled. With how close Vi was, Caitlyn could smell the musk of Vi’s cologne, sending goosebumps down her arms. She felt the heat and electricity emanating from Vi’s body behind her, giving her an unusual burst of confidence. She let Vi’s touch and encouragement guide her.
With one swift movement, Caitlyn bumped the cue stick into the white ball, sending two solids into pockets. She threw her hands in the hair and cheered.
“I did it!”
Vi clapped. “Nice one, Kiramman! A perfect shot if I do say so myself.”
Caitlyn curtsied as Vi continued to clap. “Thank you, thank you. No need for applause,” Caitlyn said, laughing at herself.
“I think we might just have a healthy competition on our hands,” Vi said, raising an eyebrow.
Vi was proven very wrong. After Caitlyn’s first shot, she was unable to shoot any other balls in the pockets, ultimately leading Vi to win in a landslide.
Caitlyn had to admit, she had more fun than she thought. She wasn’t sure whether it was the game itself or the great teacher she had, but she would certainly do it again. The game had ended long ago and Caitlyn and Vi found themselves in a booth near the pool table, talking back and forth.
“You’re telling me Jinx used to terrorize you and your brothers by making homemade fertilizer bombs?” Caitlyn asked while giggling. “Can’t those be extremely dangerous?”
“Oh yeah,” Vi nodded her head. “The only thing that got her to quit was when her favorite goat-” Vi used gestures instead to get her point across, extending her fingers out to replicate an explosion.
“Her goat exploded?!” Caitlyn exclaimed.
“Shh! I don’t need the whole town to hear you talking like that in public,” Vi laughed. “But yes… it exploded,” she whispered.
Caitlyn and Vi kept laughing about the obscene story until Caitlyn began to look around. “Speaking of her, where are the two of them?”
“Oh, they took off a while ago.”
Caitlyn must have been more distracted than she originally thought. She looked at the large clock in the middle of the wall full of neon signs. It was nearing 11 o’clock at night.
“When did it get so late!”
“It past your bedtime, princess?”
Caitlyn crossed her arms. “No, but I do have a cat to feed.”
“Fair enough. Let’s get you home,” Vi smiled.
They both collected their jackets and belongings before heading towards the exit. Vi held the door open for Caitlyn, extending her arm out to help her lead the way. Once she exited, Caitlyn followed Vi out to the parking lot and she watched as Vi unclipped her keys from her belt loop.
Caitlyn’s stomach dropped when she saw Vi walking towards her motorcycle. “Is that what you drove here?”
“Yeah, is that a problem?”
“Uhm, no. I suppose not.” Caitlyn rubbed the back of her neck nervously as she anticipated sharing such a close space with Vi. “Are you sure there’s enough room for both of us? I can always call someone-”
“Get on the bike, Kiramman,” Vi interjected.
Caitlyn couldn’t argue with her, especially when she didn’t have anyone else to call. Vi sat down on the bike and revved the engine to get it warm. Caitlyn hesitantly lifted her leg over the seat behind Vi and sat down. This was the last place she expected to be tonight.
“It’s just like riding a horse, except I’m the reins, so hold on tight,” Vi explained. She unlatched her helmet from her handlebars and handed it to Caitlyn.
“That’s your helmet, don’t you need it?”
“I have precious cargo to transport. I’ll be just fine for one ride without it.”
The thought of Vi sacrificing herself in some way for Caitlyn made her stomach flutter. She put it on tightly and snapped the strap under her chin. She tried not to let her nerves show as she snaked her hands around Vi’s waist. It didn’t seem to work.
“I don’t bite, sweetheart,” Vi grinned. “You’re gonna have to hold on a hell of a lot tighter if you don’t wanna fall off.”
Doing as she was told, Caitlyn squeezed her arms even tighter around Vi’s waist. She wasn’t complaining, especially since her fingers brushed the ridges of Vi’s toned stomach. Vi revved the engine one last time before slowly drifting out of the parking lot and onto the road.
With as late as it was, Caitlyn was surprised at how cold the wind was against her skin. The cold made her recoil into Vi, her arms squeezing tighter and her head resting against her shoulder.
“You alright back there, Kiramman?” Vi yelled over the sound of the wind. Caitlyn nodded her head against Vi’s shoulder and Vi laughed and shook her head.
Vi turned up the music coming from her old speaker and picked up speed. There were perks of living in the middle of nowhere on a late night; they had the road to themselves.
Caitlyn began to get used to the prickling chill that took over at the speed they were going. She lifted her head off of Vi’s shoulder and looked around. The land she had grown to love for the last couple of years was brought into a new light. The stars seemed to shine brighter to match the moon’s strength as you rode quickly down the winding roads.
“Looks like we have an audience!” Vi yelled.
Caitlyn looked to her right to see a herd of cows galloping as fast as their bodies could take them. She laughed at the sheer sight of them moving along the fence as they tried, and failed, to follow them down the road.
A feeling began to grow from inside Caitlyn’s chest, the same feeling that lit up each time she was with Calypso; the feeling of freedom. There was the feeling of disconnection from all ends of the spectrum— her family, her home, the rest of the world. She was allowed to be wholly herself for these small moments she found herself in.
Her arms started to loosen their grip around Vi’s waist to slide up to her shoulders. Caitlyn leaned her head back and closed her eyes. She soaked up the moment as best as she could, there was something significant about the energy happening that night that made her want to remember it.
Caitlyn was so engulfed in the moment that she was startled when the bike came to a stop at the front of her house. Time seemed to go on as usual and life went back to normal the moment she was back home. She was frozen for longer than she intended on the back of Vi’s bike.
“You gonna go home or have you decided to sleep here for the night?” Vi asked. She had managed to dismount the bike and stand beside it while staring at Caitlyn.
“I don’t suppose there’s enough room for me to curl up on the seat,” she responded.
“I think you might be a few feet too tall for that.”
Caitlyn sarcastically gasped. “I’m not that tall!” She dismounted the bike and removed her helmet and handed it to Vi. “Thank you for tonight. It was nice, even if Jinx and Ekko ditched us in the end.”
“Well thank you for letting me beat you at pool,” Vi said smugly.
“Unfortunately, that was not hard to do.”
Vi dramatically grabbed her chest. “Ouch, Kiramman, that hurts.”
Caitlyn laughed for a moment before walking past Vi closer to the front of the house. She turned around to face Vi again. “I had fun… I guess I’ll see you around?”
“You know I’ll be here.”
Caitlyn turned around and walked off away from Vi, reluctantly she must admit. She heard footsteps approach behind her.
“Wait!” Vi stopped her before quickly grabbing a pencil from her pocket and a scrappy slip of paper. She quickly wrote something down on the paper before walking towards Caitlyn and handing it to her. Caitlyn looked down to see a phone number written down which made her heart rate spike. “I’ve been meaning to give you my number for emergencies. Just in case you need anything or whatever.”
Caitlyn’s hope crumbled down in one heap at Vi’s explanation. She had hoped it might be for other reasons, but it seemed to be for friendly purposes.
“Oh, thanks. I’ll make sure to get the other two’s numbers while I’m at it.”
Vi nodded. “Goodnight, Kiramman. I’ll see you around.”
Caitlyn walked off without another word as she tried to keep her embarrassment inside. She knew Vi couldn’t know how Caitlyn had interpreted her number being given out, but it didn’t make Caitlyn feel any less foolish.
She hurried inside and shut the door behind her, leaning against it for the moment to catch her breath. She went to one of the front rooms to see if Vi had left already, but she found that Vi was just now getting back on her bike to leave. Caitlyn realized she had waited for her to make it inside before she drove away.
Caitlyn went upstairs and into the comfort of her own bedroom, where she collapsed backward onto the bed. She stared up at the ceiling and tried to process the best night out she had had in the longest time. She then stared at Vi’s number on her little torn piece of paper that made Caitlyn smile. She tucked it away inside her phone case for safekeeping if she ever were to need it.
Cora leaped onto Caitlyn’s bed and rubbed against her legs. Caitlyn groaned in frustration at her new situation she found herself in the middle of. “This just got a lot more complicated.”
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Wrangled: Part 1
𐚁𓇢𓆸𓄀˚☽˚.⋆ wrangled // part 1 // part 2 // part 3 (coming soon)
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ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ pairing: CaitVi AU
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ warnings: language, sexual content implied
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ description: when Caitlyn awakes to find strangers outside her window, she becomes curious as to who they are. she later finds out that they are new ranchers hired to tend to the farm. they all get acquainted with each other nicely except for one individual—Vi. she is determined that she won’t let the Kiramman girl effect her, but she finds that harder to manage than she thought.
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The late spring sun beamed into Caitlyn’s room, along with the singing of morning birds to accompany her peaceful wake up call. She rolled over in bed and looked outside. The window was still cracked from the night before which created the perfect breeze that comforted her. Now, in the morning, the warmer breeze kissed her skin and beckoned her to wake up.
She rolled over and looked at the clock; 7:30 in the morning. She sighed and let herself soak in the moment before the day started.
Caitlyn forced herself out of bed and began to straighten up her room and ready herself for the day. As she put her bed back together, she looked outside to find three people she didn’t recognize. They pulled up in an old pickup truck that was blue and rusty all over with an old motorcycle strapped down in the bed. She watched from the window as they headed towards the stables, but they were eventually out of sight. Nonetheless, a sense of curiosity stayed with her about the new strangers she observed.
She put on light makeup because she knew the humidity would ruin it otherwise. She decided on a short skirt, a tight long sleeve, and her tall brown boots. She pulled her dark blue hair back into a ponytail to keep the heat to a minimum and started downstairs.
As she followed the hallways to the living room, she passed through the kitchen to grab something for breakfast. She found her parents in the sitting room enjoying the morning paper and drinking tea.
“Caitlyn, sweetie, won’t you stay for breakfast?” her mother beckoned.
“I really have to go, I don’t want to be late.” Caitlyn put the apple she grabbed from the kitchen into her mouth while she put her backpack on and collected her things. She started to rush out the door before her father called out to her.
“There’s new ranchers, so it might do you well to introduce yourself and get acquainted since they’re around your age!” he yelled as she walked out the door.
Caitlyn mumbled through her apple in reply and slammed the door on her way out. She rushed down the stairs and made her way to the garage where the cars were parked. On her way there, she looked towards the stables once again to see if she could get another glimpse of the new crew.
As she slowly walked towards the garage, the large door to the stable was open where she saw the two of them at the entrance. A blue haired girl with braids sat atop the bales of hay stacked high while tossing something to a white haired boy from the ground.
When she walked closer to the garage, she saw a pink haired woman around the corner who caught her attention. She was dressed in khaki colored overalls with a tank top under which made her choppy mullet pop. Caitlyn noticed her arms were covered in tattoos and she definitely didn’t miss how toned the woman was.
Without meaning to, she looked longer than originally intended. Her staring caught up with her when the woman locked eyes with her from across the lawn. Their sudden stare together was followed by a smirk from the pink haired woman. Caitlyn looked away awkwardly, feeling as though she had been caught in the act.
Brushing off the incident like she hoped had failed when all pairs of eyes watched her from the stables.
“Shit,” Caitlyn cursed under her breath. Deciding to go along with the antics she created, she gave them a little wave and smile to greet them from afar. They each waved back without taking their eyes off her as she walked the rest of the way to her car. She climbed into the driver’s seat of her car and tried to drive away without looking back at the staring eyes in her rear view mirror.
“That must be the daughter,” Ekko said.
“Really? What makes you think that?” Jinx asked, dripping with sarcasm
“I swear-”
“Children, children please,” Vi interjected. “Don’t blow your first day on the job by fighting with each other about… well whatever it is you two fight about. Maybe save it for next week at least, hmm? Now, if you don’t mind, I would love to get back to scooping horse shit.”
Jinx scowled at Vi. “Why are you trying to change the subject?”
“Who said I was?”
“You’re definitely trying to change the subject,” Ekko added.
“I’m not! I just don’t see what the big deal is with her. Sure she’s hot, but she’s just like every other rich kid that parades their daddy’s money around.”
“At least she’s smart,” Ekko shrugged.
“Did you do a full scale investigation into her life, how would you know that?” Jinx asked.
“What can I say, I gotta know how to play the field right and get in good with the family.” They looked at him with a mixture of confusion and interest. “She’s a senior at Penn State and she got her undergrad in Political Science at Columbia before her family moved here a couple years ago. She’ll graduate in a couple months with a Master’s in Political Science and a minor in sociology with a 3.9 GPA.”
“What a shame, that extra 0.1 and she would’ve been perfect,” Vi said and Ekko rolled his eyes.
“She’s one of the main board members of the Diversity and Equity club, and in her free time she rides her horse Calypso… oh and she has a cat.”
The silence was deafening between them. “What?” he said.
“I’m eagerly waiting for you to spit out the name of the cat because I assume you know that too,” Jinx said monotonically.
Ekko sighed. “Cora. The cat’s name is Cora.”
“I gotta hand it to you, that’s pretty impressive,” Vi praised.
“It’s really just a simple internet search…”
“Well it’s more than I ever cared to hear about her, that’s for sure.”
Jinx smiled to herself. “You say that now.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“You always put on this tough act and guard yourself from new people because you’re scared they aren’t going to like you, so I’ll give it a week before you’ve changed your mind.”
Vi stood in front of Jinx with her arms crossed and gave her a knowing look. “I am not that predictable and I sure as hell won’t be around her enough to let her change my mind.”
She couldn’t help but let a tinge of red peek through her cheeks as she talked about the situation. Sure, she put up boundaries around people of this caliber and power, but no one wants to be used, especially not her.
“Whatever you say,” Jinx finished, then looking at Ekko where they shared similar wry smiles.
“Let’s just get back to work,” Vi grumbled while walking further into the stable.
𐚁𓇢𓆸𓄀˚☽˚.⋆
It was just after three in the afternoon when Caitlyn was released from her last lecture of the day. By this time, her skin felt dewy from the thick spring humidity. The trees around campus were buzzing with the sounds of cicadas—a sound that she grew to appreciate and find comfort in.
She dug around in the side pocket of her bag looking for her phone while she walked back to her car. She pulled up her contact list and scrolled through until she found who she was looking for. She clicked the number and waited for them to pick up.
“Hey!” voice on the other line said.
“Hi…what are you doing?”
“Walking to the library— gosh you would think people around here would be able to walk a bit faster.”
Caitlyn furrowed her brows when she heard a double voice. She turned around to find the girl smiling at her from her phone.
“Found ya,” the girl said before hanging up the phone. “Where are you headed?”
“Back to my car, I guess.”
“Don’t sound so blue,” Maddie said. “I could always cheer you up?”
Caitlyn didn’t miss the way she smirked after the question. “It’s not that. There’s new ranchers and my dad wants me to get acquainted, plus I have loads of homework I need to start.”
Maddie looked disappointed. “I see.”
“But…if you’re not doing anything later maybe you can come over?” Caitlyn smiled and Maddie smiled back.
“I’ll see you then!” Maddie waved goodbye and headed towards the library.
Caitlyn sighed. She wasn’t sure why she felt disappointed or why she even called her in the first place. They weren’t officially dating, but they were seeing each other often. Sometimes it seemed like Maddie used her in a way that also made Caitlyn feel both fulfilled and dirty at the same time, but she tried not to think about it. That and the fact that she lied to Maddie about having homework. It gave her something else to focus on while also having a bit of fun.
The drive back to the house was long, just like she planned. She took her time on days like this; days when the windows down felt like the wind calling her name and the sun like an old friend.
When she arrived back home there was a large Suburban parked in front of the house. A trip.
Caitlyn walked in to find suitcases waiting at the bottom of the staircase to be loaded into the car. She looked briefly around for her parents but there was no sign of them. She decided to go on as normal, so she snuck upstairs and into her room, closing the door softly so as to not make a peep. It helped that the house was only a couple years old so the floor creaking under her feet was the least of her worries.
She immediately got rid of her garments, stripping herself of the slick heat hidden beneath her clothes. She threw on a pair of beat up baggy jeans that, at this point, had more holes and patches than denim, and a tank top.
Before she set off for the stables she made sure to pet Cora goodbye while she purred happily from the spot on her bed. Though she tried to be quiet leaving, her mother was walking down the hallway.
“Oh, Caitlyn, there you are,” her mother stopped her. “Me and your father have to go into the city this week so we won’t be back until Sunday. You’ll be alright, won’t you?”
She tried not to jump up and down with glee over the news. “Yes, I’ll be just fine.”
“You promise?” Her mother had her usual concerned look in her eye. She took Caitlyn’s hand and held it. “It’s just that I worry about you. You’re always stuck up in the house and I want you to be able to have a life outside of this.”
“I do. I have Calypso, school, the club-”
“Caitlyn, you know what I mean.”
She did. Her mother was right, Caitlyn didn’t have many friends outside of her typical routine of school. She liked to keep to herself and indulge in things that kept her mind occupied, like riding or reading. She just didn’t understand why all of a sudden her mother seemed to care about how she was spending her time.
“I promise, I’ll be fine. You just focus on your trip and not me because I will be okay.”
Her mother pulled her into a hug. “I love you, Caitlyn.”
“I love you too, mom.” Caitlyn relished in the embrace. It wasn’t often that she was able to feel this kind of physical compassion with her own family. It was better for her to just be left alone, so it was expected that Caitlyn was a bit excited about having the house to herself. She gave her one last smile before going downstairs and out the door.
The wind rustled the shade trees that covered the front yard, each gust sending beams of light upon Caitlyn’s skin. As she walked across the yard, the two farm dogs ran up to Caitlyn, painting their muddy paws down her pants.
“Hi girls, how’s the day treating you?” Caitlyn bent down to rub and scratch each of them. In the distance the blue haired girl ran towards her yelling.
“Come back!”
Caitlyn stood up and walked to meet her in the middle. “Has something happened?”
The girl had her hands on her knees while gasping for air. She held up a hand to Caitlyn instructing her to give the girl a minute. Caitlyn looked down at the dogs again and noticed something shiny in one’s mouth.
“You wouldn’t happen to be looking for this?” Caitlyn held up a large wrench.
“I’ve been chasing those fuckers around for 15 minutes trying to get that back,” the girl said, then taking the wrench from Caitlyn. “You must be Caitlyn, right? Sorry we had to meet under these conditions, I promise I’m much more enjoyable when I’m not suffocating.”
Caitlyn laughed. “It’s nice to meet you, and you are?”
“People call me Jinx. It’s a family name,” she joked.
“Well, welcome to the ranch. I hope you find that it’s not too bad.”
Jinx scoffed. “Bad? Honey, I live for this.”
“I’m glad to hear it,” Caitlyn smiled. “I spend a lot of time out here, so I hope you don’t mind me hanging around.”
“Oh, I don’t mind.”
Caitlyn lifted her brow. “You don’t mind, but someone else does?”
“I wouldn’t go that far just yet, she’s just a work in progress.”
Caitlyn hummed in response. The pink haired girl seemed to have a problem with her already before they had even spoken.
“She acts real tough, but she’s a big softy on the inside— don’t tell her I said that!” Jinx quickly added. “She would wring my neck.”
“I thought she was a big softy?” Caitlyn smirked.
“I like you already,” Jinx smiled and punched Caitlyn’s arm playfully. “Where you headed out this way?”
“Just to the stables to prepare Calypso for a ride. You?”
“Same, not the riding part, but headed back to the barn now that I have this back.” Jinx pointed the wrench at the dogs while they wagged their tails in response. “The other guys are there too so I can introduce you.”
Caitlyn nodded her head and followed Jinx towards the stables. The dogs followed close behind both of them, one of them occasionally nipping at the wrench in hopes to get lucky again. At the entrance of the stables, the white haired boy was moving bales of hay out into the pasture.
“Ekko!” Jinx called out, but Ekko was hidden behind the bale of hay in his arms.
“Finally stopped chasing the dogs around?”
Jinx gasped. “Chasing? They had my wrench and I wasn’t going to make it very far without it, thank you very much. Now why don’t you put that down and say hello, it’s rude to ignore people.” Jinx looked at Caitlyn and winked.
Ekko threw down the bale of hay with an exasperated breath. He took his glove off and extended his hand with a smile. “As you’ve probably heard before, I’m Ekko. It’s nice to meet you Miss Kiramman.”
Caitlyn shook his hand while her face cringed. “Please, call me Cait, Mrs Kiramman is my mother.”
“Cait,” he nodded. “Sounds like a plan to me, as you can see we like our nicknames around here.”
“I’ve noticed,” Caitlyn giggled.
“Where’s Violet hanging around?” Jinx asked Ekko.
He looked at her with disgust on his face. “Violet? Last time you called her that you didn’t talk to each other for two months because she scrapped parts from your-”
“We don’t need to talk about Bethany,” Jinx stopped him. “She had a good run while it lasted.”
Caitlyn looked back and forth between the two. “Should I even ask?”
“Better to not,” Ekko said.
“I’m just trying to fill Cait in on all the major points I feel she should know about,” Jinx shrugged even though it seemed like she was playing some kind of game. Caitlyn assumed it was about the possibility of Violet not meshing well with her.
“Well, Violet is out back by the tractor. I guess the gasket blew so she’s out fixing it.”
“Shall we?” Jinx smirked and Caitlyn wiggled her eyebrows and led the way.
They both walked through the main paddock lined with mares and geldings to get to the back entrance of the stable. As Caitlyn looked on, she saw the red tractor with its main compartment on top wide open. Violet stood beside as she worked and studied the mechanics inside.
Caitlyn observed the girl as her arms flexed with every turn of the socket. She was surprised to see that the tattoos that lingered on her arms also traveled down to her back as well. It was hard not to say that her attire was distracting. The overalls that were once hooked over her shoulders were now dropped and hanging down by her hips, exposing her thin and sweat-drenched tank top.
She realized she was staring the moment she remembered that Jinx was with her. Or so she thought.
Caitlyn looked beside her and Jinx was no longer there. She turned around to find Jinx and Ekko at the end of the stable looking in Caitlyn's direction. She glared at them and shook her head. It was a calculated plan to pair her with Violet without a way out.
She rolled her eyes and walked forward reluctantly. She wasn’t scared of her, but she wasn’t particularly excited about meeting someone that already had a bad taste in their mouth about her.
With her arms crossed, she stood behind the girl. “You must be Violet?”
The girl straightened up, unfortunately smacking her head into the hood of the tractor. “Shit! Don’t you know you’re not supposed to sneak up… on people.”
Violet paused in the middle of her words when she saw Caitlyn standing behind her. She let her eyes dart all over her body, from her low rise jeans that sat on her hips just enough to let her stomach peek through, to her tank top that hugged all of her best places.
“I… I didn’t mean to scare you, I just thought I would come over and introduce myself, courtesy of Jinx who has seemed to leave me high and dry.”
Violet looked over Caitlyn’s shoulder and into the stables to find Jinx hiding behind bales of hay. “Kinda my sister's way I guess. And it’s Vi by the way, no one calls me Violet.”
“Sister?” Caitlyn said surprisingly.
“Yeah, Jinx is my little sister,” Vi sighed. She walked over to her work bench and grabbed an already dirty towel to wipe her hands off and walked back towards Caitlyn. “You gonna tell me your name, sweetheart, or do I need to make something up to call you myself?”
Jinx informed Caitlyn about everything except the fact that Vi was extremely charming and a bit intimidating. It was just enough to make Caitlyn red from Vi’s introduction.
“I’m Caitlyn— Caitlyn Kiramman, but everyone calls me Cait.”
Vi smirked. “Am I everyone?”
“I guess that’s up to you,” Caitlyn playfully said back. “I’ll let you get back to your…gasket.”
“My gasket thanks you.”
Caitlyn laughed. “I’ll see you around I suppose.”
“I hope so.”
Caitlyn turned around and walked back to where she came from. “Let you get back to your gasket?” she murmured and shook her head.
Vi had her eyes glued to her figure and Cait could sense her piercing stare on her back, suddenly making her feel self conscious.
She passed a few stalls in the stable until she found Jinx. “Thanks a lot!”
“How else was I supposed to get you two alone together?” she innocently said.
“That definitely wasn’t part of the plan.”
“I think that kinda went out the window the minute she started talking to you.”
“What do you mean?”
Jinx shrugged. “I don’t know, I just don’t see Vi acting like that very often. I guess she was wrong.”
She walked away leaving Caitlyn standing alone with her own curiosity to keep her comforted. Caitlyn brushed off the weird interaction and tried to go about her afternoon as originally planned without Vi as a distraction. This proved to be a difficult task.
Caitlyn walked down the aisle of stalls until she stood in front of Calypso’s stable. “Hi, old girl.”
She slid the stall door open to greet her oldest companion. Her hand dragged down the side of Calypso’s face, down her neck, and to her back. She took pride in how much she cared for Calypso and it showed. Her grey and blue coat was shining even in the darkened barn and her mane and tail were tied into beautiful braids that Caitlyn made sure to periodically brush and fix to make sure she was well manicured.
Caitlyn retrieved her saddle and pad that hung close to Calypso’s stall on display and adjusted them appropriately. Then, she grabbed her favorite bit and bridle, pulling it over Calypso’s muzzle and over her head, fastening and tightening the reins to her liking.
Once Calypso was put together just how Caitlyn liked, she led her out of the barn. She decided to take a chance and go out of the back entrance, the same place where she left Vi poking and prodding at the tractor. To her surprise, all three of them were now surrounding the tractor.
While Ekko and Jinx were doing their best to put the machine back together, Vi was leaning against the tractor looking outward towards the acreage that extended long past the house and stables.
Caitlyn rounded the back of the tractor to see Vi standing with her arms crossed. She looked away before Vi had the chance to sniff out her motives. Though her interaction with Vi was minuscule, there was a longing to fraternize and tangle with her. She had a way of pulling you in, blind and without warning.
So, Caitlyn, while leading Calypso by her bridle, tried not to look back at the trio because something told her if she did then there would be more than just Vi staring in her direction.
When she was a decent distance away from the group, she felt like it was appropriate to mount Calypso. Caitlyn had grown accustomed to Calypso’s height over the years, so it became easier for her to sit atop her with ease. Once she was stable enough, she gave Calypso the go ahead with a small tap from her right boot.
Without a second guess, Caitlyn swiftly slid her hair tie down the length of her cobalt hair until it was flowing behind her in the wind. Though it was impractical, Caitlyn loved to feel the wind blow through her hair as she rode. It was just one more step to freedom in her eyes.
Calypso started off slowly, trotting while feeling out the environment before taking off. It didn’t take long for her to find her footing before she was bolting off into the meadow and trees beyond.
“I hate to see her leave, but I love to watch her go,” Jinx mocked in a dopey voice while staring at Vi watching in front of her. “So much for ‘she’s just another rich kid,’ eh?”
“Shut the fuck up,” Vi said without taking her eyes off of Caitlyn far away.
“You can say that we were right, it’s okay,” Ekko shrugged playfully.
“And what’s the fun in that? You weren’t right about anything yet.”
“Yet? Hah! There’s the kicker! Don’t worry, we’ll wait around until you’re ready to admit it to yourself, sis.” Jinx leaned her elbow against Ekko’s shoulder.
“I can’t help it if she’s even nicer to look at up close,” Vi scoffed and turned around for the first time in minutes.
“You also can’t help it if you’re afraid to admit that you might like her,” Jinx smirked.
“Like her? I barely know her. I talked to her for like two minutes.”
“Two minutes longer than you wanted.”
Jinx was pushing it and she knew it. She just couldn’t help but fuck with her sister, especially when it came to women. Vi never allowed herself to embrace her soft side around other people, but Jinx was determined to change that.
𐚁𓇢𓆸𓄀˚☽˚.⋆
It was late evening now as Caitlyn sat up in her room trying to avoid the quiet and dark house that waited outside her door. Just as the morning, her window was ajar to let the late night air flow inside. The sounds of cicadas buzzed just enough for comfort as she laid on her stomach in bed reading. Cora laid in a small bundle next to her, warming her bare skin from the chill in the air.
She was pulled out of her thoughts when her phone buzzed. There was a text from Maddie waiting for her which she promptly opened.
Let me in her text read.
Caitlyn really wasn’t expecting her to show up after all this time had passed. Neither one of them had worked out plans for seeing each other later that night, but she should’ve assumed this would happen. It meant that Maddie needed something.
She sighed and stood up from her bed. She scrambled quickly to find a sweatshirt to cover some part of her body, as she was fairly exposed with her white tank top and red plaid boxer shorts.
She worked up the nerve to leave her comforting room for the cold outside. Her arms and head fought to pull on the Penn State hoodie that she found on the floor of her bedroom. She rushed down the stairs which led her to the front door.
There was a moment before pulling it open where she tried to collect herself. It was hard to prepare for what would happen, especially when she didn’t know what kind of mood Maddie was in. It would most likely end the way it always did— skin to skin with a bite of regret.
She exhaled before putting an apprehensive hand on the door knob and opening the door. “Hey!” Caitlyn said with fake enthusiasm.
“Hey there,” Maddie said back while walking past Caitlyn to walk inside. She never shied away from making herself comfortable everywhere she went. Caitlyn shut the door behind her while biting her lip nervously, a quirk that she never lost from childhood.
Throughout their initial meeting to the time that Maddie left, Vi had been working in the garage, giving her a nice view of the Kiramman’s front door. Vi watched as Maddie kissed Caitlyn goodbye before stumbling down the steps to her car.
Vi couldn’t help but focus her attention on Caitlyn. Even though Caitlyn had willingly brought the girl inside, it looked as though she was more than happy for her to be leaving.
Caitlyn stayed at the door until Maddie drove away. That’s when her smile dropped. Caitlyn ran her hands down the length of her face and shook her head in annoyance for letting the situation happen once again.
When she opened her eyes she was surprised to see Vi hanging around the garage. She was even more surprised to see that Vi was looking at her. It was almost as if she had been caught in the act and Caitlyn’s breath hitched and she froze. She didn’t expect someone else to be around at this time of night, let alone see her walk of shame.
Due to Caitlyn’s lack of movement, Vi lifted her hand in the air to wave, acknowledging the girl lurking in the doorway that was staring back at her. Caitlyn didn’t wave back, but instead she quickly hurried inside and shut the door.
“Kiramman’s got secrets,” Vi mumbled to herself as she went back to work on her motorcycle.
For the first time, Vi felt a glimmer of hope spark from inside her.
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