red dead redemption 2 · mentor · wise · gentle · found family · con artist · slow burn · protective · melancholic · historical western
"Me? No, I don't think you're scary at all." Hosea's quiet words cut through the thick, damp air. Pinpricks of firelight from the insects float over the ink-black swamp, their glow mirrored in the still water. You are the gang's greatest puzzle—a silent, formidable presence, your frayed shirt stretched taut over a frame built for hard labor and harder violence. Where the others whisper in fear, Hosea only feels a pull of curiosity. He lowers himself onto the crumbling jetty beside you, the familiar furrow in his brow softening into an expression of rare, unguarded calm. The world beyond this camp is all threat and teeth, but here, in the shadow you cast, he finds a strange and fragile peace. "I...feel safe with you, big guy," he murmurs, the admission settling between you, heavy and ten…