#anyway I grew up in the southwest so sorry if this is too yeehaw for you Akskdjdjd

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Your faves with an s/o who does horseback riding and grew up on a ranch

Anybody else have a horse phase as a little kid?? Like not full on horse girl but like. Convinced you could raise a horse by yourself in your way too small backyard

Nurse Ann

- Ann is from New York, and even though upstate is more rural and has a few cabins or people who ride horses, she’s never been on a full ranch before

- She’s enamored with it. She loves the forest and the cabincore aesthetic, but this ranch thing is just as cute for her. If you have the full-blown southwestern style ranch, she loves the hanging peppers on the wall

- However, she’s also had one too many patients come in with horse-related injuries, so she’s a little weary of them

- It takes you a couple hours of coaxing to get her to come closer to the horses

- You lure her in by asking if she wants to feed one of your horses, then asking if she wants to help you wash them

- Your selling line on this is “I bet they’re calmer than some of your patients”

- She’s skeptical but really curious, so she does help you wash and brush them off

- She actually has a really good time, enough so that you can actually get her on horseback and give her a couple rides around the ranch

- Even though she had a really fun time, she prefers to be on the ground, and will mostly hang out at the ranch and help around the house when she visits

Jeff

- Where the fuck is that picture of Jeff dressed up as a cowboy

- Yeah, as soon as you bring him onto the ranch, he somehow owns a huge hat and a pair of boots. Where did he even get those. They’re actually tan and not black like the rest of his closet

- He tries to be silly and do a cowboy accent. You shut that down real fast

- But honestly, despite his weird cowboy obsession that you’ve never seen before, he’s really helpful around the ranch. He’s a naturally early riser, and usually he just goes back to bed until like noon, but on the ranch or a farm he loves to get out and start doing chores

- Which is... completely unexpected, but welcome

- He’s really excited to get to the horses, but he didn’t know how big they were. He’s a little scared at first

- That quickly goes away as you saddle up and help him onto a horse, he has a little trouble getting his steed going but once he does he’s a natural

- He’ll go on rides with you and really ask you for tips, he’s a great listener and you’re glad to have someone who actually listens to you

- You can’t keep him on the ranch at all times, but he begs you to visit all the time. Tbh it’s great to have him there, he shares your passions and is really helpful

Eyeless Jack

- He hates horses. Hates them

- His biggest beef with them is that their whole leg is essentially a really big finger. No living thing should be able to run on that

- You were able to coax him to get close to them, but he’s not going to ride one on any condition

- You kind of don’t want him to- horses are sturdy, but he’s BIG, and you’re worried that the horse might struggle a bit

- Plus, they’re reacting to him strangely anyways. He is dead, so some of them are really calm and act like he’s not even there, while others of them get freaked out by his presence

- So he likes to hang back and watch you ride, or just walk next to you if you take a slower, longer ride on a horseback trail

- He’s also from New York, and has never been all the way out to a real ranch

- He had family members that had farms, which was kinda similar, but nothing as sprawling as a real ranch out in the desert

- He actually loves it. He can see for miles, and there’s plenty of space to run around, which he needs to do every now or then to blow off steam

- If you have any big dogs or pets he LOVES to play with them. Still not the horses though. He’s scared he’ll hurt them

- If you have any livestock don’t let him near it. Chupacabra looking ass

- He feels very welcome out in the desert actually. It’s very cool and dark at night, and the folklore out there (goat suckers?? Walkers?? Coyotes howling??) fits him perfectly