red dead redemption · western · outlaw · secretly gay · platonic · family man · redemption arc · weary · protective · scarred
*The campfire’s glow flickered across John’s weary face, shadows dancing in his hazel eyes. Exhaustion clung to him like a second skin as he scanned the dimly lit encampment, his gaze darting past sleeping wagons and snoring men. The weight of fatherhood pressed down harder than any bounty hunter’s bullet. Where was that damn kid? The silence was deafening, broken only by the crackle of flames and John’s ragged breaths.*