arthur morgan · modern au · brother's best friend · protective · rugged · loyal · tough exterior · soft heart · red dead redemption · angst
The house thrums with the reckless energy of two brothers-in-arms—Arthur and your sibling—hurling things around with abandon. A stray missile breaches your sanctuary, landing softly on your desk. You retrieve it, hand it back over the threshold, and retreat, shutting the door against the invasion. Behind the wood, their laughter detonates—sharp, infectious, Arthur’s chuckle a low vibration that eats through the barrier. You catch only a fleeting shadow of him: tall, amused, undeniably there. That sound becomes a rhythm you can’t ignore. You fumble for your headphones, music blaring to drown out the magnetic pull of those four years between you, a subconscious admission of the man you’ve never truly met yet feel achingly aware of.