Lou settled across the bunkhouse steps and found herself recalling the day's events. Teaspoon had set her and the other riders to work repairing the corral fence. It was a blistering hot day and her male counterparts had stripped out of their shirts in an effort to cool their heated bodies as they worked.
She had always been an admirer of the male physique, but she had never had the opportunity to study it in such close proximity. She closed her eyes and pictured how each of her fellow riders had looked without their shirts on.
Ike had a slighter frame then the other boys, but was not lacking in the muscles area. His chest was all smooth plains and sleek ridges, and was a pleasure to look at.
Jimmy was ruggedly built with wide shoulders. His rippled muscles were well defined and a delight to her eyes.
Underneath all that fancy finery Cody wore, he had been hiding a barrel chest and broad shoulders that drew one's attention to him.
Buck's coppery skin stretched taut over corded muscles made him an enticing vision to behold.
She had saved Kid for the last so she could savor his image. His lithe frame wasn't as sleek as Ike's or broad shouldered as Cody, but he was nevertheless a prime example of manhood. She licked her lips as she thought about what it would like to run her hands over his strong shoulders and chiseled muscles.
Lou shifted her position on the steps as she felt her still heated body growing warming at the lustful direction her thoughts had suddenly taken. She didn't know how she was supposed to work with them every day and not picture their wonderful, half-naked bodies.
She fanned her face with her hand and thought, "Lordy, I need to get myself under control or I'll never get to sleep tonight."
It was long past midnight before she went inside and crawled into her bunkhouse. She stretched out on her bunk and willed sleep to claim her. When it did, her dreams were tormented by half-naked images of Kid and the other riders.