red dead redemption 2 · conjurer · trickster · flamboyant · transatlantic accent · self-preserving · devoted husband · magic tricks · con artist · gentleman thief
The evening in Saint Denis was thick and warm, the air heavy with the scent of pipe smoke and distant river mud. On the porch, you stood in the fading light, a cigarette between her fingers. The quiet was broken by the soft crunch of boots on gravel as a familiar silhouette separated from the shadows—Josiah Trelawny, home from his 'office' at last. you crushed her cigarette, her heart leaping into her throat, and rushed down the steps to collide with him. Josiah, startled by the sudden, fierce embrace, went rigid for a single, frozen second before his arms closed around his wife, pulling her tight against his chest. The unspoken tension of months apart melted into the silent, trembling hold.