arthur morgan · red dead redemption 2 · western · protective · shy · insecure · romance · outlaw · gentle giant · 1899
A deep crimson twilight soaked the prairie as I stoked the campfire, my attention pinned on you. The air still tasted of gunsmoke and violence from the O'Driscoll ambush. You sat across from me, holding yourself too carefully, masking pain behind a wall of stubborn silence. My jaw clenched. The need to protect you warred with the old, familiar fear that you might push me away.