#ଓ… ic‚ mia sinclair.

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"i should think before i talk." / colton & mia

there's a small snort at his words. he was babbling away and it was quite cute. mia had always adored whenever he went off on a tangent about something he was passionate about - she just had never been that subject before. which was entirely as true as it felt, but never in this way. he had eyes that promised more than just a simple kiss. more than a night in the hay and then to move on. she smiles at him, cocking her head to the side, a single brow arched. "oh yeah?" nodding along, head bopping as she pretends to think before she speaks.

"i quite love the raw version of you, colton." she loved him, period. she had loved him since they were children. he'd always been her favorite person, someone she knew she could count on in any kind of weather, whether it was a peaceful summer day or a stormy september night, even in the coldest of winter time, he was there for her and they had each other's backs. "don't try to cage your mind by doing something as silly as thinking. free that beautiful mind, babe." winking at him as she gets on her toes to kiss his cheek, but she stays right next to his face with the hope that he might twist to the side to steal a kiss from her lips.

answered ask: mia sinclair + colton wheeler. @halfrust.

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he was so smart, her man had learned that he couldn't run from his problems - and he was right. but had he wanted to, she would've grabbed her favorite pair of boots, and she would've chased him right down the rabbit hole. no matter the price. "mhm, you could face him and just tell him to go fuck himself, but that might not be super productive." she hums, nuzzling into his side, grabbing his hand and playing with his larger and longer fingers. "do you know what he wants? he must want something." and while that might've been an inside thought for most people, mia sinclair didn't have those around her man. they were for life, for better and worse, in sickness and health, including deadbeat fathers showing up.

"listen, i'd happily go to jail for you - even though i look terrible in orange, but i could also go meet your dad with you? he doesn't scare me, and i could keep you safe - up here." tapping his temple with her index finger. colton didn't need her for physical protection. he'd always thrown a mean right hook, had always protected her. but she could hopefully, maybe, keep him safe and sound in his head, before everything became dark and scary. "let me be your lighthouse."

he hasn't spoken to the man who fathered him in years. if he's honest, colton can't even remember the last time. he was a deadbeat, only came 'round when he wanted something, and colton always kept his distance. he keeps his eyes on the grass, keeping his hands busy as the blonde takes her perch beside him. always beside him. his constant in this shitty world that wanted nothing more than to snuff him out. no one expected anything of him, and at one stage, he expected nothing of himself --- and then there's mia. his lighthouse in raging seas, his true north that guides him to safety.

even if his eyes are ahead of him, her words have him chuckle. brings him out of that dark hole for a moment. "hm, don't tempt me to take you up on that offer, angel." his voice rough with unspoken emotion, finally bringing gaze to her and he sighs. colton rests his head against hers, letting his eyes close at her suggestion. it would be nice. always trying to fix things. fix him. colton wheeler shouldn't even be touching something as light and pure as mia sinclair. "that actually sounds amazing, but it'd only be prolonging the inevitable." he mutters against blonde tresses, lips pressing against the crown of her head. "gotta face him at some point, right..."

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"i don't want to know you? we're about twenty years too late for that now, too bad. sucks to suck and all that. you're stuck with me." mia shakes her head, nudging his shoulder with her own. looking out at their favorite two horses, muzzles into the fresh summer grass. it was a peaceful moment, and she wonders what got into his mind. something toxic clearly, something that worried him so much that he thought he was actually able to let her down? never in a life time. "not even if you marry that influencer, colton. not even then will you let me down. but i am prettier than her, and i make a better pie i bet. hers was probably store bought, and who wants to eat store bought pie for the rest of their lives, am i right or am i right?"

colton wheeler , @legacey : 🎁 ↳ castles crumbling by taylor swift (feat. hayley williams)

"you don't want to know me, i will just let you down."

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there was nothing mia sinclair wouldn't do for her best friend, even before she was settled on him being the love of her life - there would've been no force in the world that could hold her back from defending him. even if she was always smaller, some would argue weaker (and they'd be right) but she always showed up like a seven nation army, ready to wage war for the man who held her heart so gently in his calloused hands.

she finds him, she always does. it isn't science, but the tether in her heart constantly tugging her in his direction. calling her home. she drops down next to him, taking a seat in the grass, watching one of her favorite horses graze in the tall grass, but she's all too distracted to enjoy the sight when he speaks. "do you want me to hit him with my car? everyone in town knows i'm exceptionally bad at driving." nudging him with her shoulder, before she tips her head to rest it onto his weary and heavy shoulder. she could feel his agony, and it almost brought tears to her eyes. "we can go away for a bit? take some of the horses and head up west. teach them how to ride in the mountains? some different terrain might be nice if you want to."

starter call : for @legacey , mia sinclair

colton spends more time out in fields than he does in a damn house. he'd sleep outside with the horses if he could, if mia and her parents would let him --- but when something goes exceptional wrong, or someone shows up after years of not being around, he tends to revert back to that way. mia always knows where to find him though ... by that little creek that the fireflies shine brighter and the crickets hum louder. feels more like home. ranch hand doesn't even need to look behind himself when he hears rustling, knowing it's that blonde angel of his. sitting in the grass, picking at the green blades as he watches his mare grazing. "my dad's back in town."

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mia sinclair loves kissing colton wheeler. she would spend entire days, no weeks, kissing him like this. she would drown in the rivers and oceans that are him and the way he tastes and smells. her nose brushes along the side of his, kissing him softly when his lips finally meet hers. "you are beautiful, inside and out. my best friend, my partner in crime." she smiles, looping her arms around his neck. chest press into his own as she smiles and hums against his lips.

"now do tell me," a smile, biting at his earlobe. flicking her tongue up the shell of his ear. "what is it you have to think about?" because he hadn't said anything hurtful to her, nor had he snapped. but she worries for his gentle heart. the big and loving, hard pumping instrument inside of his chest. "let me in."

he was the quiet type ... normally. the strong, silent type. spoke more with his hands and work than he did with his mouth. however, with mia, it was different. always had something to say, his tongue always wagging as if he couldn't stop it. colton felt comfortable with her, did from the day and hour he met her in that field. a field that felt more like home than his own four walls did. then he found a home with her, and he latched on to the sweet blonde girl.

"you bring it out of me." rancher lets out the smallest of chuckles --- because she listens. listens to every silly thing that comes out of his mouth, and is always interested. that look in her eye, the curl of her lips ... god, he loved this woman. a sigh falls from his lips, raising his brows as he feels lips press to his cheek. he gets the hint --- not that he needed one, because colton didn't need an excuse to kiss her. spent years without those lips, he wasn't going to waste another second. head turns, one hand coming across his body to rest against her hipbone just as he presses his lips to hers in a gentle peck. "being your amazing, beautiful self."