Who? Mina (AU Cowboy!verse drabble)
Can you AU an AU? Can you make a verb out of AU? Looks like I'm going to have to try…
Running to Stand Still
I've lost the use of my heart I'm at the borderline of my faith, I'm a soldier of love.
But I'm still alive
Still looking for the life
The endless pool on the other side
It's a wild wild west
I'm doing my best.
I'm at the hinterland of my devotion
In the front line of this battle of mine
But I'm still alive.
Every day and night
I'm soldier of love
All the days of my life.
- Solider of Love, Sade
At her back, the sun sets in shades of scarlet, vermillion, and indigo – crossing a land of endless sky. On the road she has traveled, a past she wants to forget, happy memories of a family taken before their time, images of a devastating illness she can never unsee. On her head, a wide brimmed hat perches upon gentle waves of gold. Her late father's pride and joy, Samuel Colt's latest devices, stay tightly strapped to finely curved hips, well oiled and fully loaded. Other instruments of survival – shotgun, rope, dagger, canteen – are close at hand.
Wheeling her horse, the young woman nudges spurred boots into the wiry mustang and gallops towards an unknown future.