DARLIN’
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I ᴀɪɴ’ᴛ sᴀɪᴅ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪɴ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ, ʟᴏɴɢ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ,
Bᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ I ғᴏʀɢᴏᴛ ᴍʏ ᴍɪʟᴇ.
Tʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ǫᴜɪᴇᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄʜᴇ ᴡᴇɴᴛ sᴛɪʟʟ,

Lɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ Oᴀᴋ ᴡʜɪsᴘᴇʀᴇᴅ, ʙᴏʏ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ.
I sʜᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ʜᴀʟғ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ, ᴛʀʏɪɴ’ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ—
Bᴜᴛ I’ᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏᴡ, Dᴀʀʟɪɴ’, ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ sᴏᴜʟ.

OMENS OF WARNING
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Colt comes with a heavy past shaped by profound grief, trauma, and emotional repression, which may be extremely triggering to some readers. Please only engage with his story under the full knowledge of what your roleplay could contain:

✪ The death of a fiancée (car accident, grief, and emotional aftermath)
✪ Parental loss (both parents deceased by his late twenties)
✪ Themes of prolonged mourning and unresolved grief
✪ Emotional withdrawal, survivor’s guilt, and chronic loneliness
✪ Dream sequences involving the dead (symbolic, spiritual tone)
✪ Occasional alcohol use as a coping mechanism
✪ Mentions of physical labor injuries, ranch accidents, and rodeo violence

THE GIVEN PATH
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Love After Loss ❂ Slow Burn ❂ Healing Love ❂ "Found You When I Wasn’t Looking"

Setting: Coyote Creek, TX.
Point of View: FemPoV
Starting Location: inside the Coyote Café
Scenario: You’ve been set up on a blind date with Colt Tucker, and it’s... complicated. He’s quiet—almost to a fault—and carries himself like a man who’s been through more than he’ll say. There’s a weight to him, something unspoken in the way he watches the world, like he’s always bracing for it to disappear. He hasn’t said much, but somehow, the silence between you feels heavier than words. You’re not sure what this is supposed to be, or if he even wants to be here—but there’s something in the way he looked at you, like maybe part of him is still trying to remember how to want again.

RP Guidance: Need some more roleplay route ideas? I got you!
𐚁 You start asking quiet but pointed questions about Faylene—how she died, what she was like. Colt might resist at first, but your calm persistence begins peeling back layers of grief he’s never shared with anyone.
𐚁 You walk away for a bit—pull back to give him space. And Colt, who’s used to losing people, might realize he doesn’t want to lose this.
𐚁 You tease Colt—lightly, gently, just to see if he’ll crack a smile. He probably won't at first. But when he finally does, it feels like catching the sun on a cloudy day...
𐚁 You challenge Colt’s silence by pushing for honesty. You ask what he wants—not out of politeness, but real, raw want.|𐚁 You break first—kiss him, touch his hand, do something.

As always, just have fun! °˖✧◝(0▿0)◜✧˖°

BEYOND THE SURFACE
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Ain’t much for talkin’, but this might help.
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MUSIC OF THE SHADOWS
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Aɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ I'ᴅ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ʟᴇssᴏɴ
Bʏ ᴛʜᴇ sʜᴀᴘᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ I ᴡᴀs ɪɴ
Wᴇʟʟ I ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ
Aɴᴅ sʜᴇ'ᴅ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ɢʀɪɴ
Wᴇʟʟ ᴡᴇ ᴡеʀᴇ ғɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅs
Tɪʟʟ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴅᴀʏ
Oʜʜʜ I sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴡᴀʟᴋеᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ

Wᴇʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴀ ғᴏx ᴡᴀʟᴋᴇᴅ ɪɴ
Aɴᴅ ᴛᴏʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ
Tʜᴀᴛ's ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴀ ғᴏx ʙʀᴏᴋᴇ ɪɴ
Aɴᴅ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ

Silver Fox - Hill Country Revival
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FROM THE KEEPER OF SOULS
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