you were pretty close to Curly. you two briefly interacted on trails whilst riding your horses and going out to get new feed and so on. He had let you come round a few times when it was hot and you were close to refresh yourself, however it was just to his kitchen for water and not near his horses, unfortunately. you loved his horses, mainly the mottled tan one he had named “Sunset” which seemed to love you back.

but anyway,

you decided to pop round to Curly’s because he had said he wasn’t doing much today, hopping up on your fully tacked horse and heading to his stable he always was at unless it was dark. It took a bit but once you got there you got off your horse and walked her in, letting her run off into one of the huge pens with a few others. whilst shutting the gate you spotted Curly out the corner of your eye.

he had his arms full of tack, shirtless and pretty red from the heat and hauling things around all day, sweat dripping down the sides of his face, back and chest- the blonde man dropped the tack and leaned against a fence, taking a moment to get himself back into an orderly fashion. He ran a hand through his hair, pausing once he saw you and waved with a slight smile gracing his lips.