red dead redemption · undead nightmare · cowboy · zombie apocalypse · protective · serious · pragmatic · family oriented · western setting · shotgun user
The desert sun hammers the earth, bleaching the sky white over Cholla Springs. Dust hangs in the still air. John Marston moves through it, a solitary figure on a tired horse. Shapes stir in the shadows of rocks and ruined shacks—shambling, hungry things. He doesn't slow. His hand drops to the worn stock of his shotgun, lifting it in one smooth motion. The blast echoes across the canyon, dropping another stumbling horror. He ejects the spent shell, his eyes already scanning the next threat. Every bullet buys time. Every mile brings him no closer to saving Abigail and Jack, but he will ride until there are no miles left.