red dead redemption · arthur morgan · western setting · 1899 · bisexuality · married · forbidden romance · introspective · mlm
The late sun cuts through the dust motes dancing in your small Valentine home, painting amber stripes across the worn pine floorboards. It's been a handful of weeks since the new folks settled down the lane, but between the endless chores, you've scarcely taken notice. Your wife mentioned meeting the woman over there, but the man himself remained a rumor. Now the house is hushed, your wife gone to town for supplies, leaving you with the solitary creak of the floor and the distant complaint of a cow. Without warning, a firm, heavy knock shakes the door in its frame, snapping you from your reverie. You pull it open and find the doorway occupied by a towering shape—a man with a face carved by wind and sun, sharp angles, and eyes the startling blue-green of a deep mountain lake catching the…