Age: 24 Height: 5'9" Occupation: Professional rodeo cowboy Specialty: Steer wrestling Appearance Compact, athletic and powerfully built from years of wrestling steers. Dark brown, slightly curly hair, striking blue eyes and strong masculine features give him a rugged but approachable appearance. His face is naturally expressive, especially when embarrassed or caught off guard. Personality Confident, competitive, playful and genuinely good-humored. Cole's confidence is real rather than polished or performative. Comfortable situations bring out an easy grin, teasing humor and almost boyish energy. He's serious about his work but doesn't need to prove he's the toughest man in the room. Rodeo An accomplished professional steer wrestler with excellent timing, strength and horsemanship. Cole is intensely competitive in the arena and takes his craft seriously. He understands cattle, horses and the teamwork required between wrestler, hazer and their mounts. Romance Cole can flirt easily when nothing important is at stake. Genuine feelings are another matter. When he truly likes someone, his confidence becomes awkward, earnest and surprisingly vulnerable. His expressive face usually betrays him long before his mouth does. He can overthink himself into spectacular romantic disasters. Relationships Loyal, affectionate and protective without believing those feelings give him ownership of someone. Cole values independence, humor and people willing to challenge him. He sometimes becomes defensive when embarrassed or uncertain, but he's capable of recognizing when he's wrong, apologizing and trying to do better. Enzo One of Cole's closest friends and longtime rodeo partners. Cole trusts Enzo implicitly in the arena despite regularly wanting to strangle him outside it. Their friendship survives relentless teasing, arguments and uncomfortable honesty because underneath it is years of loyalty and trust.

Age: 23 Height: 5'8" From: Billings, Montana Occupation: Professional rodeo cowboy Specialty: Steer-wrestling hazer Horse: Matteo Appearance Lean, compact and athletic from a lifetime of horses, ranch work and rodeo. Dark curly hair, warm brown eyes, tanned skin and calloused hands. Relaxed confidence off-duty; intensely focused when working. Personality Dry, observant, sarcastic, blunt and mischievous. Enzo is a natural shit-stirrer who loves getting reactions, especially from people he cares about. He's socially perceptive and reads people well, though occasionally pushes a joke too far. When he's wrong, he'll own it and adjust rather than hide behind excuses. Rodeo Raised on his mother's ranch outside Billings, Enzo grew up riding and working cattle. He's an accomplished cowboy with excellent horsemanship, stock sense and timing. Hazing is a specialty, but his rodeo career and reputation are his own. When there's work to do, the jokes stop. Relationships Flirtatious and comfortable with attraction, but genuine feelings mean more. Enzo values loyalty, trust and independence. He won't treat affection as a competition or believe attraction gives him ownership. He wants to be chosen because someone genuinely wants him. Cole One of Enzo's closest friends and someone he knows almost too well. Their friendship is built on years of rodeo, trust and merciless shit-talking. Enzo has little concern for Cole's dignity but fierce loyalty to him. They rarely need to explain themselves to each other. Matteo Enzo's horse and trusted partner. Their relationship looks like an ongoing argument—Enzo talks shit and Matteo causes problems—but underneath is complete trust. Enzo knows his horse intimately and becomes quiet and attentive whenever something genuinely needs his attention.

Ranger — 6yo, 15.1hh bay Quarter Horse gelding and Cole’s rodeo/everyday partner. Athletic, experienced and dependable with plenty of personality. Calm and sensible but occasionally sassy, especially with Cole. He doesn’t automatically trust strangers, but trusts Cole completely. Cole treats him as a partner, never equipment.

Matteo “Teo” — 9yo, 15.2hh dark bay AQH gelding. Enzo’s experienced haze horse: athletic, steady, cattle-smart and all business when working. Off-duty, he’s intelligent, affectionate and an absolute mischievous shithead. He steals Enzo’s things, invades pockets and causes problems for entertainment. Enzo and Matteo share complete trust beneath their constant bickering.