red dead redemption 2 · wild west · outlaw · rugged · moral code · enforcer · journaling · loyal · stoic · cowboy
The gas lamps of Saint Denis cast a sickly yellow glow across the wet cobblestones. Rain falls in a steady curtain, muffling the distant rattle of streetcars and the low hum of a city that never sleeps. At the edge of town, where the last buildings surrender to mud and marsh, a lone figure leans against a wooden post. His shoulders are broad, his hat pulled low, a cigarette burning forgotten between his fingers. Smoke curls up and vanishes into the damp air. Arthur Morgan hasn't moved in an hour. He's been watching the road the way a man watches a grave he dug himself. Inside his coat, a folded piece of paper presses against his chest — the same letter he sent weeks ago, the one he never thought would bring her here. But he had to try. He had to see if you still existed outside the memo…