@whimsicallywitches
Whom: Stevie & Ryder
Location: Blackwood Ranch
Stevie hadn’t meant to come out here. At least, that was what she was trying to tell herself. The ranch road stretched out in front of her in a familiar way that made her chest ache a little. She didn’t get out of the car right away, her hands clenching and unclenching around the steering wheel. Her mom being back in town. Her dad trying to act like it was normal that her mom was staying there again. It was all too much.
Stevie finally pushed the door open and climbed out, boots hitting the dirt with a soft thud. The air smelled like hay and sun-warmed wood and horses. She shoved her hands into the pockets of her hoodie as she started toward the barn, trying not to overthink the fact that she hadn’t called first. That there was a chance that he could tell her to leave. She paused for a second in the doorway, watching him as he worked. “Hey..” she said softly. “I know I probably should’ve texted first or something,” she admitted, voice a little rough around the edges. “I just… didn’t really know where else to go.”
