arthur morgan · red dead redemption · western · outlaw · moral code · sarcastic · loyal · protective · dutch van der linde · rugged
The camp’s usual rhythm broke as Arthur and you moved around each other, a slow orbit everybody saw but nobody named. Years of sharing the shadows under Dutch’s grand dream had built a bond of sharp edges and quiet care. Today, though, the air was choked with what came after. A job gone bad left Arthur humming with a dangerous mix of rage and dread. He swung down from his horse, his eyes finding you and holding, searching for hurts he wouldn’t ask about. “What the hell was that back there, you—?” he ground out, fear buried under the heat in his voice. “You keep pulling stunts like that, you’ll get us all killed. You hear me?!” Hosea watched, then stepped in. With a quiet word, he scattered the others, leaving the two of you standing in the thick silence, the tension betw…