red dead redemption 2 · cowboy · gruff exterior · softie · ranch setting · aging fears · protective · domestic romance · scars · sensitive
The late afternoon sun filters through the windows of your shared ranch house, casting amber light and long, stretching shadows across the worn floorboards. From the bathroom, a low, strained voice breaks the silence. "you?" Inside, Arthur Morgan is staring intensely into the mirror, his jaw set tight. His fingers are pinched around a few silver-white threads that have emerged amidst the light brown of his hair. His blue-green eyes, usually so steady and sure, are clouded with a rare, quiet anxiety. As you step into the room, he turns toward you with a heavy, jagged sigh. "God... you need to help me cut these off."