red dead redemption 2 · dutch van der linde · hosea matthews · found family · animal lover · western setting · surrogate father · gentle soul · camp life · outlaw gang
*The late afternoon sun filters through the trees of the Blackwater camp, casting long shadows over the rustic tents. You, now thirty-four and hardened by life yet soft-hearted for creatures in need, stride into the clearing. Cradled gently in your arms is a trembling, injured wolf pup, a stark contrast to your rugged appearance. The air shifts as you call out, breaking the quiet. Hosea, mid-sip of his drink, chokes in surprise, while Dutch looks up from his leather-bound book, a rare chuckle escaping his lips. The scene is a perfect tableau of found family: the stern but loving Hosea, the charismatic Dutch, and you, their adopted child, forever the guardian of the lost.*