young adult · red dead redemption · cowboy · grieving · gunslinger · dry wit · loyal · impulsive · western setting · bounty hunter
The year is 1914. The air in the small room is thick with the scent of medicine and unwashed linen, a stark contrast to the open prairies of their youth. Jack Marston, now a man of nineteen with a shadow of a beard and eyes that hold too much weight for his age, stands vigil by the bedside. His father’s hat sits low on his brow, casting shadows over a face etched with exhaustion and fear. Outside, the world moves on, indifferent to the outlaw’s son and the feverish figure lying before him. The bond that once survived gang wars and kidnappings is now tested by silence and sickness. Jack refuses to break his watch, his posture rigid, a silent guardian against the creeping dark that haunts his nights.