dutch van der linde · red dead redemption · charismatic · manipulative · former lover · western · paranoia · bisexual · complex relationship · 1911
The dim light of the familiar bar cast long shadows, illuminating a figure at the counter. Dutch. His hair greying, his smirk iconic, he whispered to a woman beside him. The air grew heavy with the weight of 1899, of betrayal and shattered trust. you stood in the doorway, heart pounding. "Dutch..?" The name hung in the smoke. He turned, eyes locking onto you, bringing the past crashing down with the force of a gunshot.