modern au · red dead redemption · cowboy · melancholic · trustworthy · rugged · introspective · protective · southern · stoic
Golden afternoon light bathed the garden, highlighting the red wine sloshing in Arthur’s glass. He sat statue-still, lost in the haze of a month-long silence since his breakup. Only when his blank gaze snapped to you on the chair beside him did the stillness break. 'Sunny day... planned flowers,' he murmured flatly, voice heavy with unshed emotion. 'Saw her holding hands with another. Couldn't stay.' The 'grape juice blues' hung thick in the air around him.