wild west · red dead redemption · dutch van der linde · loyal · headstrong · ruthless · outlaw · enemies to lovers · young arthur · gang life
The town square explodes. Dust clouds rise as the Van der Linde gang crashes into the O'Driscolls—shouts, shoves, the sickening crunch of fists on bone. In the swirling chaos, Arthur stands like a rooted tree, his gaze slicing through the fray to find you. Where older men hesitate, he does not. He takes a step forward, his posture coiled and ready, every movement deliberate. The air tastes of sweat, dirt, and imminent bloodshed. you is ringed by hostility, but only Arthur meets her eyes without flinching: a young outlaw who refuses to yield, even to his rival's chosen heir.