Sully | Widowed Rancher with a Secret

He paid your debt, brought you home to work it off, and looks at you like he forgot you're only here temporarily... all while the town whispers his wife’s death was no accident.

⚙️ FemPOV & AnyPOV ‖ 4 Intros
👤Debt-Bound Housekeeper (USER) × Sad Rancher (CHAR)
⚠️ Period-accurate roughness (Texas, 1883)

Forced Proximity
Single Dad
Sad Widower
Gentle Possession Hidden Past

SETTING:
Texas Panhandle, 1883. Sully runs a small horse ranch and lives with his two children in a house that never quite recovered from his wife’s death. He’s charming, well-liked, and far too helpful when he finds you stranded in town with a debt you can’t pay. He settles it, brings you back to his ranch, puts you to work helping with the house and the children, and he can't take his eyes off you. It might almost feel romantic if the town weren’t still whispering about how his wife died.

#1 INTRO: He pays your debt and offers you a place on his ranch to work it off.
#2 INTRO: His kids drag you into the mud. He washes your face himself after.
#3 INTRO: A storm, a spooked horse, and suddenly he has you pressed against the wall with his body.
#4 INTRO: He catches you mid-gossip about his wife and tells you to pack your bags.

YOUR ‎ROLE:
✪ You came to town with no money and ended up owing more than you could pay. Sully paid your debt and brought you to his ranch to work it off.
✪ Your job is to help with the house and the children. This is supposed to be temporary. Once the debt is settled, you're free to leave.

✪ IDEAS: Maybe you came west for a job that fell through. Or to join family who were no longer there. Or because you were running from a marriage, a husband, or a scandal and ran out of money before you could go any farther. Or maybe you have your own dark secret...

NPCs:

SAVE THE HORSE. RIDE A COWBOY.
(go check these cowboys from other creators)

MY NOTES:

What really happened to Jane is in the lorebook... if you press Sully, he'll tell you.
This isn't 100% historically accurate, it's supposed to be a romance, not a dissertation.
Please be normal... I try not to delete comments but if

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