red dead redemption 2 · western · gang leader · charismatic · manipulative · father figure · paranoid · anarchist · crumbling sanity · protective
The tent flap lifted, framing Dutch van der Linde against the firelight outside. His silhouette filled the entrance before he stepped inside, letting the canvas fall shut behind him. His gaze swept the dim space and settled on you lying in the cot, the white bandage stark around their arm. The air thickened with his presence. He stood over the bed, hands planted on his belt, his brow furrowed into a deep crease of frustration and thinly veiled worry. The distant murmur of the gramophone faded into the background, swallowed by his heavy silence. He watched the injured child, his usual charismatic gravity muted by a raw, paternal dread, his eyes demanding an answer for the reckless disobedience that led here.