Disclaimer: The characters of Yellowstone belong solely to Taylor Sheridan and John Linson.

This is a little scene that popped into my head taking place some time after the season 3 finally after everyone recovered, physically anyway.

Rip lay awake watching the sun creep through the windows and light up the rafters of the loft. After a while Beth began to stir next to him.

"Hmm..." She sighed and rolled into his embrace.

"Good morning." Rip squeezed her shoulder and kissed the top of her head.

"It will be if you stay with me today." Beth glanced up at him, mischief swimming in her eyes.

"I'd love to, baby, but-" She cut him off with a kiss and climbed on top of him.

"You..." She placed a finger on his chest. "...are officially a member of this family which entitles you to the occasional day of doing whatever you damn well please."

"Are you sure about that?" He chuckled.

"If those wranglers have a problem with it you tell 'em to come take it up with me." She challenged.

"Hm..." He pretended to struggle with the decision. "Okay, you win. I'm yours." He threw his arms up in surrender.

If Rip was being completely honest he couldn't remember the last time he took an entire day to himself to just goof off, or go do something he actually enjoyed. He was looking forward to this even though he couldn't think of one thing, other than Beth, that he'd like to do with their day.

"What do you wanna do first?" Beth asked, feigning innocence while grinding her hips against his. She smirked when she felt his growing erection against her thigh. They were still naked from the night before, so at least that job was out of the way.

Rip grabbed her by the hips, flipped her over and climbed on top of her. "I think you know."

Beth traced the brand on his chest and began to think there was just something so sexy about being able to knock down his rough and gruff exterior and turn him into what he was right then. She ran her fingers through his hair and sighed as he peppered kisses across her chest.

They took things slow and really enjoyed themselves before getting out of bed.

Once they were downstairs Rip cooked some eggs and bacon and they sat down together at the breakfast bar.

"So, what do you actually wanna do today?" Beth laughed thinking they had to do something other than stay in bed all day. She had some ideas, but she wanted to see what he could come up with.

"How about a trail ride?" He asked her, knowing she might not go for it, but he also knew she'd be safe with him.

Beth shifted nervously in her seat. "I'll give it a try. For you." She leaned over and kissed his cheek.

"You'll be safe with me, honey." He smiled, ready to see where this day took them. "Meet me down at the barn." He kissed her forehead and headed down to get their horses ready.

Beth let out an anxious sigh as she walked up to the barn. Rip was walking out with two saddled horses. One was his horse, a tall, dark bay gelding, named Cash. He handed her the reins of a grey flea bitten gelding.

"This here's Toby." He introduced the horse and patted his neck. "He's a weathered old man. As gentle as they come."

"I know Toby." Beth smiled and stroked his forehead. Toby snuffled and nudged her hand looking for a treat. She recognized him from all the years he'd been hanging around. He had to be at least 20-25 years old.

Rip looked over at Beth with nothing but love in his eyes. He knew why she had reservations about riding again, but he had a feeling she would be fine once they got going.

"Now, I ran up to the house and Gator was nice enough to pack us a picnic." He motioned toward his saddle bags. "Don't know what the fucks in it, but I'm sure it'll be good." Gator was a damn good cook. That's why he'd been around so long.

Rip was looking forward to taking Beth out deep into the ranch. He wasn't sure how much of it she'd really seen since she was young.

"So, where are you taking me?" Beth asked with a hint of nervousness in her voice.

Rip stepped toward her and cupped her cheek in his hand. "Hey, you just relax, have a good time and Toby will too. He'll take good care of you. Nothin' much fazes him anymore." He kissed her cheek and placed a cowboy hat on her head.

"We're going to a part of the ranch that no one else will be anywhere near today. We'll be all alone." He shot her a devilish grin.

Beth and Rip rode side by side mostly in silence for the better part of their ride.

Rip was pleasantly surprised by Beth's confidence as she rode. What he didn't know was she felt so safe with him that she couldn't help but relax and enjoy herself.

They'd been riding for about three hours before they reached the spot Rip was looking for. "Looks like we're here."

They had arrived at an opening in the trees along the river. There was a hammock tied between two trees, overlooking the river.

He hoped off his horse and walked over to see if Beth needed help.

When she jumped down her knees buckled and Rip was right there to catch her. "Fuck..." She laughed, steadying herself with an arm around his waist. "My legs feel like my bones just up and disappeared."

"Ah, they'll come back." Rip chuckled and walked her over to a tree. "Hang out there for a minute."

He untied the blanket from behind his saddle and spread it across the grass in the shade. Beth limped over to it immediately and sprawled out on her back, letting out an exasperated sigh.

Rip stood over her just admiring her beauty.

"You look good in those jeans, baby." He looked at her with a crooked smile. She wore a light colored pair of Levi's with a dark blue plaid shirt, no tank top underneath, just buttoned to cover her breasts. He loved her in dresses, but damn those jeans showed off her ass perfectly.

After grabbing their food from the saddle bags he joined her on the ground. They ate lunch and talked and laughed, and just continued to enjoy each other's company.

At one point Beth finally felt her bones coming back to her legs and decided she was in the mood to drum up some mischief. After ridding herself of her clothes she climbed into Rip's lap and laid across his chest. "Hey." She whispered, pressing her lips to his.

"Mm. I'm sorry. Didn't mean to fall asleep." He brought a hand up to rub her back and quickly discovered she was naked. "Oh?"

"Mhm..." She confirmed by beginning to unbutton his shirt, placing a kiss after each button. Upon reaching his belt buckle she paused to peek up at him. He raised an eyebrow, his eyes shone with expectation. She undid his belt and removed his pants, along with his boxer briefs, and found his cock fully erect.

She smirked and kissed her way back up his chest, hovering her hips just above his.

Beth looked into Rip's eyes, and teased his cock lowering herself so that her lips just barely brushed his tip. That's all he needed to feel how wet she was for him.

She gave him a very chaste kiss. Rip reached a hand up to the back of her neck to bring her closer, but she broke away. Beth had jumped up and was running butt-ass naked toward the river, laughing all the way.

'Guess those bones came back to her legs, huh?' He thought to himself.

"Beth, what are you doin'?" He called out to her.

"Come on! No one can see us out here! Come be wild with me." She twirled in the water and threw her arms up in the air.

Rip sat up and took a look around. "Fuck it." He made a run for the water to make sure he wasn't fully exposed for too long. Maybe this was her way of getting him out of his comfort zone since he'd done the same for her with the horses. He waded in about chest deep and looked over at Beth wondering what she wanted him to do now.

Beth giggled seeing him just stand there, unsure of what to do next. "Just relax." She swam over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck.

The water was chilly, but not too cold. It felt perfect paired with the 85 degree air.

"This is where I used to come to relax. Only you could make me do the opposite here." He joked, then pointed to the hammock. "When I wanted to be alone I'd come out here and just watch the river. It's been a few years since I've got to do that."

Beth wrapped her legs around his torso and began leaving wet, open mouthed, kisses along his neck. When she finally made it to his mouth their kiss was slow and passionate. Rip could feel her taut nipples rubbing against his chest and felt his cock throbbing underwater.

She pulled her lips away from his and kissed his forehead. "When's the last time you did this?"

"Uh, with you." He laughed. "God, we were just kids. Feels like that was centuries ago."

"Mhm... We're so old." She teased. Then before Rip could even think of what to do or say next she was gone, running up the bank into the trees. Boring was one thing she certainly was not.

"What the fuck are you doing now, woman?" He called after her.

Then suddenly she was out of his sight. He didn't like that. "Beth?" No answer. He called out again, but still heard nothing.

"God damn it." He begrudgingly exited the river to look for her in all his naked glory.

He heard her laughing softly in the distance, trying to be quiet so she couldn't be found right away. She was just small enough to hide behind those scrawny trees. Rip kept searching for her.

"Beth, honey, there's grizzlies out here. We really need to stay near the horses, and my rifle."

Unbeknownst to Rip she was right behind him. Sneaking quietly through the grass, she jumped onto his back.

"Jesus fuck!" He whipped around to find her laughing so hard she almost couldn't breath. She couldn't help but laugh because not much shook this man, but being naked in the woods sure did. His eyes drifted down to her breasts, which were jiggling like crazy as she laughed. "Oh you're gonna get it now."

Beth turned to run but he lunged at her waist, throwing her over his shoulder. He pinned her against a tree, holding her up by her thighs. She kept her arms around his neck for support.

"So what is it that I'm gonna get?" She asked in a coy manner.

"You're about to find out." He took her lips in a frenzied kiss. While he distracted her with that he took one hand and guided himself between her legs. He pushed himself inside her fast, and all at once.

"Ah!" Beth threw her head back as she stretched to accommodate his long, thick cock.

Rip began thrusting upwards, hard. Beth wrapped her legs around him and met each of his thrusts with her hips. He grabbed a fist full of hair at the back of her head and his lips found her neck, kissing and nipping his way along. She dug her nails into his back, and he heard her breathing quicken. He slowed his thrusts and she whimpered in retaliation. Beth liked it when he got rough with her. Not that she was complaining, but she did miss this... Their wild and crazy fucks. She thought maybe he was scared of hurting her after everything that had happened to her in the past year.

"Let me down." She pushed against his chest and he obliged.

As soon as her feet touched the ground she lowered herself to her knees, and without hesitation, took his cock in her mouth. Rip's eyes bulged a little bit at the sensation and he felt his knees growing weak. He reached an arm out to the tree for support.

"Fuck... you're so good at that." Rip let out a deep moan as she swirled her tongue around his tip. He placed a hand on the back of her head to make sure she stayed where she was.

Beth kept one hand at the base of his shaft and the other cupped his balls. She stroked back and forth as she sucked and swirled her tongue all around his cock. After a while she removed the hand from his shaft and laid it on his thigh. Just to fuck with him she took him as far into her mouth as she could, taking part of him into her throat for a few seconds. The sounds coming from him let her know it worked. She drew back, with a gasp for air, then reached up to stroke him, making up for taking her mouth off of him.

"Come here." Rip told her, almost breathless.

He pulled her up, flush against his chest. Beth batted her eyelashes at him, and he pulled her into a hot wet kiss then swept her off her feet. He carried her over to their blanket and laid her down. His kisses landed on her stomach. He wasted no time kissing his way downward. Once his lips were almost right where she wanted them he drifted away and trailed kisses up her thigh then skipped to the other. She writhed beneath his touch, impatiently waiting for him to give her what she wanted.

Rip decided she'd been teased enough and slid two fingers between her lips, then inside her. He curled his fingers toward him again and again hitting her g-spot each time.

Beth cried out his name and gripped the blanket beneath her. Rip continued with his teasing kisses before his lips finally made their way to her clit. "Oh fuck, Rip..." Beth's moans were long and drawn out. Her hands came down to grip his hair, holding him there. He continued with his fingers as he circled his tongue around her clit, she dug her fingernails into his scalp. It didn't take much of all that before she came for him, becoming even more wet if that were possible. He took his time kissing his way back up to her mouth as her breathing evened out. She could taste herself on his lips, and that drove her crazy. She needed to feel him inside of her again.

Beth mustered all of her strength and pushed Rip over onto his back. She climbed on top of him, and this time he held her by the waist so she couldn't run away again.

She laughed and stroked his cheek. "I'm not going anywhere, baby." Rip pushed down on her hips, and Beth obliged, taking him in again.

They both sighed at the feeling. Beth placed both hands on his chest for leverage, and began moving up and down. Rip couldn't help but move his hands from her hips to her perky, bouncing breasts. He loved it when she rode him because he got to just watch her and admire everything about her.

"Beth..." Her name came out of his mouth in a long deep moan. She moved her arms to either side of him and leaned down to kiss him. She let out a small gasp each time he hit that sweet spot deep within her. His rapid breathing let her know he was close. Rip drew his knees up, and began thrusting into her, and soon he felt himself edging closer to climax. Beth felt that familiar climbing feeling as well, so she sped up their pace.

"Ah fuck..." Rip grasped onto her, holding her as close to him as possible as he came inside her. Beth reached her sweet end at the same time and collapsed, falling to his side and curling up against him. They held onto each other for quite some time, coming down from their highs.

"You're always full of surprises aren't you?" He laughed and kissed her temple.

She raised her head up to look him in the eye. "That's kinda my specialty." She said with a wink.

Rip glanced up at the sky to see where the sun was. "I'd love to stay just like this, but we better get dressed. It's gonna be dark soon."

So, they did just that and rode back home laughing, talking and occasionally racing each other. Beth was glad she trusted Rip and just got on the horse. It really wasn't as bad as she'd imagined it would be over all those years. It actually wasn't bad at all.

Thank you for reading! I plan to keep updating this one as ideas come to me. :)