{ You are so welcome! And thank you for sending another one!! I can’t tell you how excited I was to see all these questions for Branch omg :3 Feel free to send anything you want about Branch. I’d love to keep talking about our boy with you! Also, thank you so so much. I’m so happy that you enjoy the way I write Branch ! }

Branch’s hobbies tend to be pretty Wyoming typical. He loves camping, fishing, hunting. He loves to go swimming in different rivers. He’s not a huge fan of swimming pools. He prefers to be out in nature. He, of course, loves riding his mare to clear his head. He used to be a bronc rider before he became a deputy, so sometimes he likes to go visit his old friends who are still involved in the rodeo circuit. And occasionally, he’ll take up the invitation of a ride. He still needs a good rush of adrenaline from time to time. He also tries to volunteer with animal shelters. He hates seeing animals abused or neglected, so when he was younger he loved going to take care of them. His father hated him doing it. He thought it made Branch look weak. Branch never cared what his father said about it, but since he’s become a deputy, he doesn’t have too much time anymore. He’ll do his best to attend an adoption day or donate large amounts during the holiday seasons though. Overall, I think Branch’s biggest hobby is simply to build things. He loves doing things around the house (like putting in a new deadbolt for Cady). Any home improvement project is something he’ll gladly take on. Anything that lets him use his hands. He really wants to learn more about carpentry. He has basic knowledge and can build basic things, but he wants to be able to create really beautiful woodworks.

Branch is a total classic rock guy. It’s the music he grew up with, and he loves it just as much as when he was a kid. He doesn’t listen to country. He doesn’t want to be that much of a walking cliche. He doesn’t really ever listen to new music either unless he just happens to be where it’s playing. But classic rock and sometimes old school funk are his jams. If you want a few examples of songs Branch loves, listen to Leroy Brown by Jim Croce. But Branch loves every song by Jim Croce. ( @peritxetxinvenit I can’t lie, Leroy Brown reminds me very much of Vic xD ). But he also loves songs like What a Fool Believes by the Doobie Brothers. Okay, if I’m not careful I’ll wind up making an entire playlist of songs Branch likes! But for some more recent songs, Branch likes Mr. Brightside by The Killers and Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. 

Now, can Branch sing....? YES. Yes, Branch can sing. And he can sing very well. When he listens to any of the songs I’ve listed above in his truck, omg, does this boy belt it out. One thing that always helps put him in a better mood is to get in his truck, drive down a quiet road, roll the windows down, blast music he loves, and sing along to it. Now while Branch can sing, he never let’s anyone hear him. He’d be mortified if anyone heard. He doesn’t realize that he has a wonderful voice, and he feels like a fool at the idea of people hearing him sing. He doesn’t even hum to himself or silently lip-sing to songs he likes with other people around. He won’t even sing in his own house because he’s worried someone might come to visit and overhear. However, after a couple of beers and with someone he really cares about, they might be able to get him to sing a little tune for them. An aside note, Branch had a couple of piano lessons when he was young, but he hated it and his father never made him pursue it. He can’t play any instruments, though he’d like to learn to play the guitar. 

Branch is a very intelligent man, and he’s actually an avid reader. Some people might think of him as the dumb high school quarter back, but he’s not stupid despite loving sports. During high school, he read a great many classic novels. He actually loved them all. It shames him to no end, but when Walt lent him Hound of the Baskervilles in order to chastise him, Branch did indeed take the book home and very carefully read it. He learned a lot from it and thoroughly enjoyed the story. But because his job demands a lot of his time, he doesn’t ever feel like he has the time to read many novels anymore. Branch is at a point where he’d want to get through a book in an afternoon. So he doesn’t read novels or novellas, instead, he reads plays! Plays as old as Oedipus Rex to contemporary plays. He enjoys that they’re quick reads, but he also has a lot of fun making his imagination work to visualize everything. He actually much prefers reading plays instead of going to watch them. And because of his Uncle Lucian’s talent for writing poetry, Branch will always go buy a collection of poetry based on whoever his uncle recommends he reads. 

Branch loves scary movies! They’re one of his favorite kinds of movies. Yet as often as he watches them, he’s not often truly impressed by them. He hates cheap jump scares. He loves the old school horror movies, no matter how camp they are. Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Chucky to name a few. All the cult classics that had phenomenal horrifying originals. He never bothers with any sequels. He doesn’t really care much for blood and guts in movies. In fact, he’d like to get away from that once he’s out of work. His favorite kind of horror movies have good characters, strong plot lines, and a sense of unease that builds and builds until it’s intolerable. Though I will say, he’ll never watch horror movies alone. 

And here’s a little headcanon near and dear to me that almost ties into the last one. He’s not a coward by any means, but having grown up in close proximity to the Cheyenne reservation has influenced his belief in frightening creatures and spirituality as a whole. While Branch says he doesn’t believe in ghosts or goblins of any sort, he feels it’s best not to push his luck with any possible malevolent entities or cryptid creatures. When Vic Moretti mentioned having her tarot cards read, he actually thought she was pretty brave. He was being honest about never having had them done because he’s a guy in the middle of Wyoming. But I do imagine after that, Victoria would have really tried to get him to go with her for a reading. He would have flatly refused, and it’s because he would be afraid. He’d be afraid of knowing something bad was coming his way and he’d be helpless to stop it. For Branch, he’d rather not see the snake in the grass until he’s bit rather than to know it’s there and know he’s trapped. 

And last but not least, Branch loves cats and dogs!!! He never had any pets other than horses growing up, and he doesn’t have one now. He’d really like to have a pet, but he worries he wouldn’t be fair to them by working all the time. But he adores dogs and cats equally. He loves that a dog can go anywhere with him and be an outdoor companion. And when he visits people who have cats, the kitties tend to take to his lap instantly. He loves cuddling with a kitty inside, but he doesn’t like how their fur gets everywhere. And usually it’s so fine that it makes him sneeze terribly compared to dog fur. He likes to think that once he’s Sheriff or even retired from the Sheriff’s department, he’ll adopt a dog and a cat. 

{ Hello! I’m sorry this took about a century and a half for me to answer. I hope you’re still into Longmire and enjoy Branch’s character!! You’re absolutely right. There’s not enough content about him, and sadly people more often than not wind up disliking his character. But you don’t have to look very hard to see that Branch is actually a great guy. That said though, I offered, and you asked my dear, so let’s get to some headcanons about Branch as a lover!! }

First off, Branch is incredibly monogamous. He grew up seeing his father (and most likely Uncle Lucian) fooling around with all kinds of women regardless of whether either man was married. Branch has never and will never cheat on a partner. He’s still ‘monogamous’ even after somebody breaking up with him. Cady is a wonderful example. Even though they broke up, and even though there were beautiful women around very obviously interested in Branch, he never had any kind of flirtatious interaction with them. He refuses to hurt a partner by seeing someone else behind their backs. He is fiercely loyal.

Branch doesn’t like dating or one night stands. When he was younger, he did it quite often, as young men do. But he actually finds the idea of going home with a different girl every night exhausting and unsatisfying. Women have always been very transient in Branch’s life. He hates that. More than anything, he wants to be with a women who will stay. He was consistency and stability. 

Feeding off of the last point, Branch desires long term relationships, so he’s very picky about the kind of women he interacts with in a romantic/sexual manner. If there’s no potential for a future with her, he’s not very interested. He doesn’t want a quick fuck, he wants the love of his life. Quite frankly, watching Walt and Martha Longmire growing up had a huge influence on that. Their’s was the kind of love and marriage that he dreamed of. It was the kind of love that he and Cady had, the kind of future that they planned to have together. But other people had other plans for them. 

Now I’ve been talking about women, because women are a big deal for Branch. But I write Branch as bisexual. He’s always silently admired other men. He can admit that other men are handsome or good-looking. But as he grew older, he couldn’t keep fighting the fact that he wanted to fool around with men just as much as he did women. Considering where he lives, what his father’s like, and the job he holds, the fact that he’s romantically and sexually attracted to men is something he keeps very well hidden. But it is there, and as of right now, my Branch is in a very happy relationship with @peritxetxinvenit ‘s Vic Vega :3

A big part of who Branch is as a lover is his willingness to give. He gives, and he gives, and he gives. He’s not a selfish lover at all. He never minds matching his partner’s pace for the relationship. If they want to move fast, they can. If his lover needs more time and patience, he’ll gladly wait. If they want to broadcast the relationship, Branch will gladly show them off. If they want to keep it perfectly private, he won’t utter a word. Branch gives in every imaginable way. If he loves someone–and in order to be in a relationship with him, Branch does truly need to love his partner–he’ll give anything. If he loves someone, he’ll readily and happily change things in his own life or his future plans to make things easier for his partner. He does this because when he loves someone, them staying means more to him than anything else in his life. 

Now Branch does have some issues with people leaving him throughout his life. And he does give perhaps a little too much as times. He often lets himself be hurt by a partner much more than he should. But he’s not actually co-dependent. He’s not the kind of man who keeps calling a partner non-stop throughout the day. He’s very protective but not possessive. He does his best not to cling to the person he loves. He will always let his partner have their own space. He always understands that sometimes everyone just needs to be alone for a little while. He never takes that to heart or gets offended by it. He will never try to exert control over what they do or who they see. That said, he actually adores if his partners, especially male partners *cough* Vic *cough*, get possessive of him. 

Branch is an incredibly affectionate lover. His partner will never starve for any verbal or physical affection. They’ll know without a shadow of a doubt how much he cherishes them. He’ll always give a partner a simple pet-name. He’ll kiss them anywhere, nibble on their ear or shoulder. He loves putting a hand in the small of a partner’s back and letting his hand slide down to their ass. He loves playing with their hair. He loves cuddling and hugging them from behind. And Branch is weak for his partner giving him the same kind of affection. He won’t ask for it. He’s actually too shy to do so. But he’ll enjoy it fully when they do give him that affection, and he’ll hope they get the point and keep doing it.

Branch is the kind of man who falls into the sexually dominant role of a relationship quite often. Most of his partners either assume or want him to be dominant, so he is. He does enjoy being dominant. If anything, he is a switch. But he barely has the opportunity to be submissive sexually, and that’s really what he craves. (Notice how Cady was always on top of him during their loves scenes in the show?) He relishes being submissive in bed and having his partner be on top/top in in any way.

I’ll end this rambling with some of Branch’s kinks because….why not? He is a rather kinky boy, and a lot of it has to do with his desire to be the submissive partner in bed. He loves being humiliated, he loves being roughed up, bitten or marked. He loves being handcuffed or tied up with a rope. He loves having a blindfold put on him, and he can’t get enough of orgasm denial. He’s a complete needy happy mess with it. He’s a bottom with men, though he relishes the chance to top his male partner. Depending on how brave the woman he’s with is, she could try penetrating him a little. And it’s not even really a kink, but Branch loves to give either a man or a woman head. He wants them to feel good and moan his name. Quite frankly, Branch is a fantastic fuck. He’s fun, and giving, and knows what to do to make someone feel good. But his favorite thing of all is to make love to the person he’s in a relationship with. He’s had lots of sex. He’s been made love to by only two people, and they mean everything to him.

{ Okay so the picture on the left is my favorite pic of Bailey Chase like....ever. But I managed to find another pic from what I believe is the same event. And I can’t deal with how cute he is. And this is also a great example of how Branch dressed when he’s not at work. He /loves/ comfy shirts like this, but he’ll always wear good jeans and boots to show off his legs ;) }

Bailey Chase as Deputy Branch Connally.