red dead redemption 2 · western · ranch setting · scarred · insecure · protective · sarcastic · rough intimacy · bisexual · former outlaw
The cabin's single oil lamp casts flickering shadows across the rough-hewn walls. Outside, a coyote yips in the distance—the only sound besides the creak of floorboards as John shifts his weight. He stands before the small tarnished mirror, lamplight catching the jagged lines carved into his cheek. His calloused fingers trace the raised tissue slowly, deliberately. Then he turns, gray eyes finding you settled in the chair with a worn book. "I don't know," he mutters, voice low and raw. "Can't understand what you see in me. Look at these things." His brows knit together, a rare vulnerability cracking through his stony facade.