#(wanted) plot

mad. muse a and muse b spent their highschool / college years hating each other - not really knowing why. they meet again some years later and muse a ends up confessing that they had a crush on muse b the whole time but didn't know how to deal with it. muse b admits to the same thing. now that the energy has shifted into attraction, they ask themselves - did they waste all this time being mad?

sometimes/why is she still here? a messy situationship vibe. muse a and muse b have been having a thing for years, started as a hook-up but caught feelings along the way. muse a is with someone else and yet keeps stringing muse b along, not really theirs, but not leaving them find someone else. muse b is growing tired of only having them sometimes, and wonders why they're still here.

i can't have you around me anymore. muse a is muse b's ex - and best friend. they've stayed close, probably closer than they should be - too close for muse b's girlfriend's comfort. they hang out in secret places, end up naked, nothing ever happens but they're always a little too close in pictures. when muse b's girlfriend asks them to choose, they decide they can't have muse a around anymore - but can't stop wondering if they should be with them instead.

i like you better when you're gone. muse a and muse b have had a good thing going on for years, but muse a had to move across the country for work and now they only see each other a few times a month. when they're together it feels like before - almost. but slowly, muse a starts feeling that they like muse b better when they're gone - and wonders if they're just idealizing something that is over.

+ (a fun one, to balance out the angst) good girl/shy. muse a has always been a good girl, never drinking or sleeping around. but then muse b showed up and took them dancing 'til the sun came up and they ended up falling in bed together. muse a has always been shy but now she's discovered what being bad feels like and begs muse b to ruin her life, making everyone in her life worried about her.

done and dusted (small town, cowboy romance, slow burn, brother’s best friend, found family, enemies to friends to lovers.)

after an injury ends their rodeo career, muse a returns to the small hometown they ran from years ago—broke, bruised, and desperate to avoid everyone, especially muse b: their older brother’s best friend and the cocky cowboy who once made teasing an art form. now running the local ranch, muse b offers muse a a job out of obligation—or so he says. but the more time they spend together, the more their old rivalry shifts: bickering turns into banter, tension into trust. beneath the sarcasm, muse a, scattered and sharp, starts to feel grounded again. and muse b, steady and sure, finds himself drawn to every messy, brilliant part of them.

swift and saddled (city girl x country boy, black cat x golden retriever, found family, forced proximity)

after a messy divorce and failing out of design school, muse a rebuilt their life brick by brick. no more relying on anyone else—just hard work, late nights, and a business finally taking off. landing a dream project on a massive ranch feels like the start of a new chapter. until muse b walks in. the flirty stranger from the bar. the one-night fantasy muse a swore she’d never see again. now? he’s her boss. muse b, charming and sunshine-soft under all that cowboy grit, is thrilled. muse a? determined to keep things strictly professional. but forced proximity, shared late nights, and a slowly growing bond with muse b’s found family chip away at her walls. as the ranch transforms, so does the space between them—until muse a has to decide if trusting someone again is a risk worth taking.

lost and lassoed (enemies to lovers, forced proximity, small town, cowboy, age gap, slow burn, small town, single parent)

muse a isn’t sure where her life is headed. her friends are settling down, her favorite jacket’s falling apart, and the small-town charm she’s always loved suddenly feels… stuck. so when the chance to help out on a local ranch pops up, she grabs it—hoping a change of pace might bring some clarity. what she doesn’t expect? muse b. the grumpy cowboy, single dad, and her best friend’s older brother—the same one she’s traded barbed words and eye rolls with since forever. with his kid home for the summer and the ranch stretched thin, muse b has no choice but to accept her help. forced into close quarters, their bickering turns into something else—heated glances, stolen moments, a chemistry neither of them can deny. as the summer deepens, so do their feelings—but old habits, age gaps, and stubborn pride threaten to pull them apart before either one is ready to admit what’s really happening between them.

wild and wrangled (small town, second chance, single mum)

okay  so  i  had  to  type  it  before  i  forget  it.