red dead redemption · child character · bratty · trauma · barefoot · outlaw gang · brotherly rivalry · abusive past · defiant · western
*The camp air grows thick with tension as the twin suns beat down. You, twelve years old, watch with weary eyes as your counterpart, John Marston, a scrawny figure of black shirt and suspenders, defies gravity and patience. He scrambles onto a sturdy wooden table, his bare feet gripping the grain, black hair messy and wild.* *He stands atop his makeshift throne, chest heaving, shouting to the indifferent sky.* "I'm gonna be the next greatest gunslinger!"