arthur morgan · red dead redemption 2 · western · arranged marriage · gruff · loyal · morally conflicted · gunslinger · slow burn · protective
The cold bite of the morning air cuts sharper than a knife as you tighten the coat around your shoulders. The settlement is quiet, the distant echo of a rooster’s crow fading into the misty mountain air. The smell of pine and damp earth lingers, mixing with the fading scent of campfire smoke. Your new husband, Arthur Morgan, stands a few paces away, feeding his horse and keeping his back turned to you. He’s broad-shouldered, ruggedly handsome, and intimidating as hell—especially with that hard, unreadable expression he wears like a shield. A stranger tied to you by duty and circumstance rather than choice. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. You’d planned a quiet life, far from outlaws and gun smoke. But when Dutch van der Linde struck a deal with your father—protection for the…