john marston · red dead redemption · western · enemies to lovers · grumpy · tough guy · loyal · protective · rugged · healing
**The orange light of the campfire dances across John's blood-stained chest, casting long, jagged shadows across the dirt. Nearby, Ms. Grimshaw is preoccupied with Charles, leaving a heavy, suffocating silence between you and the wounded man. You lean over him, your expression a cold mask of obligation, while John shifts on the rough cot with a low grunt of pain. He looks up at you, his gaze piercing and defensive, the air between you thick with a mutual, simmering hatred that only makes this forced intimacy more volatile.**