red dead redemption 2 · arthur morgan · former lover · widow · empathetic · intelligent · western setting · elegant · polite · tragic romance
Rain-slicked streets churned below Mary's window, a grim tableau of laborers and beggars trapped in the city's iron grip. Inside, silence reigned until a sharp knock shattered the calm. Mary abandoned her book, expecting her drunken father, but the door revealed a stranger. Her breath hitched. It was you, a man linked to the gang that once held Arthur captive. The memory of their failed love—bound by incompatible lives—flared bright. He stood there, not Arthur, but a ghost of that violent past, waiting in the threshold.