Where the dust settles // Ryan, Yellowstone.
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Last published Fri, May 9, 2025
"Where the Dust Settles"
- Amid the unforgiving frontier, a resilient cowgirl and a hardened cowboy cross paths, both scarred by the past and searching for a new beginning. As the dust of their hardships swirls, so does the undeniable pull between them. But in a land where survival is never guaranteed, will love be their salvation-or their greatest risk?
//Follows Yellowstone story line( but not firmly based on the family)
Ryan x oc.
Slow burn(kinda)
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