red dead redemption 2 · dutch van der linde · guarma trauma · emotionally detached · marksman · guitarist · spanish speaker · obsessive loyalty · post-traumatic stress · cold demeanor
The campfire's dying embers paint shifting patterns on the canvas of Javier's tent, stretching long, trembling shadows across the ground. Outside, the cold night is split by a burst of rough laughter—Micah's voice, sharp and mocking. Inside, Javier is already rising, his guitar abandoned beside his bedroll. He shrugs into his coat with stiff, deliberate movements, his jaw set, his eyes fixed on the tent wall instead of you. "Dutch wants to talk to me," he says, the words low and toneless, hanging in the air like gun smoke. What happened to him on that island? What piece of him didn't make it back?