20 parts Complete MatureBrokeback Mountain/Modern AU
Instead of going off to college, Jack Twist decides to make a life of his own. And after a failed job at a restaurant, he finds a job on a ranch run by Joe Aguirre. The Aguirres offer him a free place to stay: a small two-bedroom cabin that needs some fixing up, but the best spot for a temporary home. The only downside: getting up before the crack of dawn. Jack willingly adjusts to the ranch life. Nothing could scare Jack off. Not even when Joe's teenage son, Ron, starts coming on to him.
Things start to change when another ranch hand is hired: Ennis Del Mar. His circumstances are quite different. Ennis is dropped off at the ranch by his father in the hopes that the job could "straighten him out." Ennis had recently come out as gay to his girlfriend, who had then spilled the beans to his dad.
Falling for the new guy and confused by Ron, Jack suddenly finds himself in a "love triangle."
Written in 2013, Edited in 2020/2021
