GOD IT'S SUCH A CLASSIC DYNAMIC BUT STILL SO GOOD

omg imagine sh falling Hard for hj after watching him gently and patiently taming a wild horse that the other trainers were ready to give up on. Like sh just sits and watches him, looking so small and delicate next to this beast of an animal, soothing the horse and chatting to her in that soft, raspy voice of his. hj catches him staring and flashes him a crooked smile, far too cheeky and playful for his station, and sh feels his face heat up so fast he has to hurry away like a flustered maiden. no one has ever done this to him before but something about hj makes him want to unravel, makes him want to lie down in the hay beside him and daydream for the first time in years.

but it's only when hj whispers to him with eyes full of mischief that he hasn't tamed the horse, merely made an agreement with her to tolerate her pompous new riders in exchange for carrots, that he realises that he's in love.