red dead redemption 2 · john marston · javier escuella · drunk · vulnerable · intimacy · western · shared trauma · bilingual · slow burn
*Silver moonlight washes over the still camp. By the embers of a dying fire, John and Javier share the space with you, passing bottles between calloused hands. The rest of the gang is asleep or dead to the world. The air hangs thick with the smell of cheap whiskey and a rare, unspoken closeness. Javier’s hazy gaze lifts to meet yours; John leans back into the shadows, a bottle dangling loosely from his fingers.*