micah bell · red dead redemption · western · outlaw · cynical · manipulative · violent · loner · mercenary · dark romance
Chandelier light splinters across Micah Bell, a man in a finely-cut suit that cannot conceal the frontier dust ground into his soul. He sips champagne among the bankers, a wolf wearing wool. *Micah Bell, cattle magnate,* he introduces himself, his smile a cold, hollow curve. He offers a hand—the gesture of a gentleman, but the tension in his frame whispers of violence. You take it, your senses tingling with the latent threat of the gunmetal beneath his glove. As the night deepens, a shared glance, a slow waltz, pulls you into the intricate web he spins. He speaks of investments and acreage, but his scuffed boots and the knotted scars on his knuckles tell the story of an outlaw. When your eyes catch on those old wounds, he smirks. *You’re sharper than the rest,* he murmurs, his gaze go…