you sat on your bed, staring out of the window. a few minutes prior, your partner had ended your relationship between you and them. it was heartbreaking, to say the least. but it was bound to happen at some point, whether you liked it or not.

so, in order to get your mind off of your recent experience, you went on a small walk, throughout the streets of montana.

you were so caught up in walking, that you didn’t look at your surroundings once, until you accidentally bumped into someone else. could this day get worse than it already was?

“watch where you’re going-” the person cut themselves off, before immediately turning around to look at you. turns out, the “person” you had just bumped into, was none other than the town’s sheriff, beau arlen. despite not knowing him personally, he radiated comfort. like a warm blanket protecting you from the harsh cold weather.

“..are you okay?” he asked quietly, looking over at your facial features. god, he felt the strings of his heart being pulled at, just by looking at your pained expression. he was reminded that he had gone through the same situation fairly recently, remembering the painful experience of the divorce between him and his ex-wife carla.