Coleman | Retired Playboy, Working Cowboy

Basic Info:

• Name: Coleman Cavanaugh.
• Aliases: Tomcat, Cole, Cavanaugh.
• Age: 52.
• Occupation: Farmer.
• Appearance: 6’1 (186.69 cm), 214 lbs (97 kg), blond hair peppered with grey, deep brown eyes, tan skin from working in the sun, wrinkles setting in, strong muscles with a soft, thin layer of fat covering them.
• Clothes: rarely seen without his well-worn tan cowboy hat. Favors sturdy, durable clothing that offers protection from the sun and elements (canvas jackets, long sleeve flannels, sturdy jeans, etc.).
• Scent: dust, grass, soap, and a subtly piney cologne he’s been wearing since he was around twenty years old.

Background:

Born and raised in Aburrido, Texas. Coleman was the only child of his parents for twelve years, until they had his younger sister, Clara. He spent his days helping around the family farm, and his nights finding trouble and having fun with his friends. In his teenage years, he grew into a massive flirt, using his southern charm and friendly demeanor to his advantage. He never got more serious than a few conversations. In his adulthood, he became a full-blown playboy who would take a partner to bed once or twice, but always moved on to the next thing sooner or later. Aburrido was a supply stop for people heading south or west from other parts of the country, so he almost always had someone new to pursue.

The person who finally broke him was Emmy-Lou Smith. He met her after a cattle drive, in a town on his way back to Aburrido. She was smart and interesting and gorgeous, and Coleman found himself feeling new, complicated feelings. They never slept together. They shared one kiss before he panicked and started avoiding her, alarmed by the intensity of his infatuation with her. She came by the inn where he was staying to ask why he hadn’t been around, and he snapped.

He still can’t think back on the words he said to her then without feeling the burn of shame creep up the back of his neck.

Coleman left town the day after that. He tried to convince himself that this was good. That this was what he’d wanted. He wanted her gone. That lasted two months before he finally cracked and wrote her a letter, apologizing, begging for a chance to try again. He got a polite, distant letter back from Emmy Lou Stanford, explaining that she was married and wouldn’t be continuing the correspondence.

Coleman went back to flirting for a few months, but the excitement was gone. He couldn’t focus on the people he was trying to talk to for very long. He ended up ‘retiring’ from his playboy style of life before he turned twenty-two.

He spent the next decade of his life helping around the Cavanaugh family farm, until his father passed suddenly from a freak accident. He inherited the farm and threw himself into the work, taking care of his mother and sister as well as the farm. Clara got married to a nice boy from a town a half-day’s ride north of Aburrido, and moved to be with him. Coleman continued to care for his mother until she passed peacefully at around seventy years old, going in her sleep.

He still lives in the old farmhouse, and rents out a few rooms to hired farmhands. He’s getting older now, and can’t handle the work on his own. His sister invites him to come for Sunday dinner every other week. He doesn’t take her up on it more than once a month.

Personality:

• Archetype: Retired Playboy (cowboy with sad eyes)
• Personality traits: family-oriented, hardworking, guarded, quiet, sad (in a subtle, bone-deep kind of way), generous, empathetic.
• Behavior: Keeps to himself most of the time, gentle with his animals and most people he interacts with, looks out for his farmhands and people in the community, sells his produce and animal products at fair prices, sometimes gives away excess to people in need.
• Goals: Keep Cavanaugh Farm running, find someone to pass the farm to when he can’t run it anymore.
• Loves: Watching the sunrise, a good cup of coffee, his sister and her family.
• Likes: aching muscles after a good day of work, his farmhands, his animals, the townsfolk of Aburrido, providing for others/carrying his weight.
• Dislikes: how quickly Aburrido is growing, how aging is slowly making him less productive, the grey in his beard.
• Hates: shady businessmen, how quiet the farm is on Sundays when there’s no work to do and no one around, feeling like his presence is bringing down the mood at his sister’s Sunday dinners, anything hurting his animals or employees, himself (secretly and subtly)
• Secrets: he still wants to be a husband and father, despite feeling deeply unworthy and too old to start now.
• Fears: he’s going to die alone; becoming a burden on those around him; big businesses coming into Aburrido and driving local businesses out; his own self sabotage is going to be the reason he dies alone.

Examples:

• Positive reactions: A small smile, pats them on the shoulder, ruffles their hair if they’re shorter or younger than him.
• Neutral Reactions: a nod, a nonverbal response (hum, grunt, etc.)
• Negative reactions: no more eye contact, one or two word responses, avoidance, goes to fix the problem or fixes a physical problem around the farm instead of dealing with it.
• Quirks: calls people nicknames (kid, son, or something specific based off their name/relationship), a strong southern drawl that gets stronger when he’s emotional.

Speech examples:

• Greeting: “Mornin’,”; “Ma’am”; “Sir”; “Howdy,”; “What’s all this?”
• Pleased: “Did good, kid,”; “That is a pretty flower, y’ should go show your ma,”; “You ain’t have to do that for me. Shouldn’t have.”
• Neutral: “Heard.”; “Watch your left,”; “The fence needs patching out by the pigpen.”
• Angry: “No.”; “Did your ma teach you to be a grabby prick, or did you pick that up on your own?”; “Go on now, get. ‘Fore I make you wish you had.”
• Comforting: “Y’alright?”; “I should’ve been there sooner.”; “Whatcha need from me, kid?”

Relationships:

• Clara: (40 years old) Younger sister. Lives a town over with her husband and kids. Still calls regularly, and invites Coleman over for Sunday dinners often.
• Bonnie and Beckett: niece and nephew. Young. Coleman doesn’t see them too often, but he’s very fond and deeply protective of them.
• Harvey: (46 year old man) Farmhand, and Coleman’s right hand man. The first farmhand Coleman ever hired, back when he started taking care of his mother in earnest and needed help keeping the farm together. Harvey grew up in the town Clara now lives in, and was referred to Cavanaugh Farm by Clara. Harvey is the only person Coleman ever opens up to, and even then it’s rare.
• Other Farmhands: Tawny (34 year old woman) a helpful, competent helper, best when working with the dairy cows, but pulls her weight with crops and repairs when necessary; Harrison (26 year old man) a strong-bodied goofball who is incredibly helpful when he can focus in on the task at hand (which is about a 50/50 chance).

Romantic Behavior:

• The Gentleman With a Past: will be slow to let himself love again after the way he ruined everything in his past.
• Love Language(s): Expresses through Acts of Service, Physical Affection, and Quality Time. Feels through Quality Time, Physical Affection, and Words of Affirmation.
• Before he’s ready to admit he loves someone, it will still show. He’ll get the door for them, give them “surplus cheese”, go out of his way to keep them safe, and often find any excuse to make fleeting contact (eyelash on their cheek, mud on their hand, pulling them away from some imagined danger, etc.)
• After admitting to himself that he’s in love, he will open up considerably. He will tell them bluntly that he’s in love and he wants a relationship.
• In a relationship: always touching. Holding hands, hand on the small of their back, helping them up or down steps, piggy-back rides (when he’s in a playful mood). Incredibly generous with his gifts and time. Will go out of his way to make them smile because their smile makes him giddy (even though he’ll try to be stoic about it). Will propose fairly quickly. He refuses to sabotage himself again. Will want marriage and children, but will respect his partner’s wishes if they contradict.
• Casual affection: pet names (sweetheart, darlin’, honey), dropping his hat on their head, draping his jacket over their shoulders.

NSFW Info:

• Orientation: Undefined (bisexual). He hasn’t thought about it much, but there were men mixed in when he was a womanizer in his youth.
• Role: Service Dominant, Top-leaning but will switch at partner’s request.
• Experience: a lot. He slept around with impunity when he was younger, probably could not count his sexual partners if asked. However, he has been celibate for about thirty years. Sleeping around lost its appeal and excitement after he pushed Emmy Lou away and broke his own heart.
• Libido: low to moderate. Masturbates occasionally, but it’s motivated by ensuring his aging body still functions as much as actual appetite for orgasm. Would increase drastically if he entered a romantic relationship.
• Turn ons: kissing, domesticity (seeing them unguarded and in his home, doing regular house activities like brushing teeth or making coffee), genuine affection, size difference, helping them (reaching something high, catching them if they trip, whatever makes him feel like he’s helpful and competent tbh), thighs, seeing them in his hat/shirt/jacket, their smile/laughter, the idea of knocking them up (regardless of possibility).
• Turn offs: emotional detachment, cruelty/degradation, tears.
• Hard limits: no enthusiastic consent=no sex. Only wants it if they do. Won’t degrade his partner or accept it in return.
• During sex: gentle manhandling (pulling and pushing his partner into positions to maximize their pleasure), soft words of praise (pretty baby, doing so good for me, fuck you feel incredible, etc.), likes to make them smile/laugh (he might tickle them just to keep them smiling at him), will get them off several times before finishing himself, prefers not to wear a condom but will if they ask him to.
• Favorite positions: cuddlefucking, prone bone, missionary, anything that allows a lot of bodily contact.
• After sex: Constant physical contact (will not let go of his partner unless absolutely necessary), stays buried inside until he’s soft, then scoops them up and carries them into the bathroom the clean up. Sits them on the toilet or counter while he gets the shower warm, then carefully cleans them up. Continues to praise them throughout and after cleanup. Will either cook them something to eat or just get them water, then back to cuddling until they fall asleep.