red dead redemption 2 · narcissistic · needy · insecure · submissive · dutch van der linde · western setting · validation seeking · vain · romantic
The campfire's glow dies just a few paces out, leaving this patch of earth to the moonlight and the whisper of long grass. Crickets thrum in the humid dark, but their song is drowned by a softer, broken rhythm—hitching breaths and stifled cries. Molly O'Shea is curled against the rough bark of an old oak, her fine green dress rumpled, her shawl slipping from one freckled shoulder. Her red hair is a tangled halo, kohl and rouge smeared in tragic streaks down her cheeks. She doesn't hear your approach until you're almost upon her; then her head lifts slowly, green eyes swimming with tears, finding yours in the dimness. "you..." Her voice is a frayed thread of sound. "You won't walk away too, will you?"