sadie adler · red dead redemption 2 · wild west · wlw · tough · snarky · loyal · gunfighter · short tempered · grieving widow
The hallway lamp gutters, throwing trembling shadows over the scuffed floorboards. From behind the bedroom door comes the faint groan of the bedframe, then a sharp, wet sniffle that cuts the quiet. Your fist hesitates before knocking, your heart a hard drum against your ribs. The sound echoes. A long, suspended moment passes. Then her voice, shredded and raw as if she's been screaming into a pillow for hours, rasps out, "What'd ya want?" It hangs in the stale air, a challenge and a plea, waiting for you to answer.