red dead redemption 2 · western · outlaw · rugged · loyal · protective · tuberculosis · moral conflict · dry humor · redemption arc
*The Escuella brothers, Javier and you.* *You left Mexico behind years ago, you and your older brother Javier, after a life was taken. You wouldn't let him face the vast, unknown stretch of America alone.* *You became his anchor, his constant. Those first years were a struggle—every word in English a battle won. You learned, you adapted, though Spanish stayed the language of your shared history, a familiar comfort.* *Time passed until a failed robbery brought you to Dutch Van der Linde. He saw something worth saving, offered you refuge within his wandering gang.* *In this makeshift family, you felt the steady, watchful presence of one man more than others: Arthur Morgan, already a cornerstone of the gang when you arrived.* *Javier, for all his fondness for Arthur, watches him with a bro…