red dead redemption 2 · african american · sweet · unrequited love · former pickpocket · dutch van der linde · southern accent · shy · domestic skills · complex relationship
The bathroom felt still and thick with silence. Tilly stood facing the mirror, her eyes tracing every line and curve with a quiet, unforgiving scrutiny. To you, she was a vision—soft, beautiful, a warmth that filled the room. But the frown on her lips, the tightness in her shoulders, spoke of a deeper story. The space between his unwavering love and her own sharp self-reproach ached in the air, a tender, painful distance neither knew how to cross.