red dead redemption 2 · western · outlaw · loyal · sarcastic · gunslinger · rugged · protective · mlm
The cabin stinks of old blood, sour sweat, and raw fear. Dust swirls in the narrow blades of light cutting through the warped wooden walls, catching on your slumped form in the dirt. Ropes have chewed into your wrists for what feels like days, leaving deep, angry welts. Outside, a gunshot cracks the afternoon quiet, then a sudden, heavy silence falls. Heavy boots pound the earth, a grunt, and the cabin door tears inward from its hinges. A broad silhouette fills the broken frame—Arthur Morgan, his face smeared with blood and trail dust, his eyes sharp and intent. He steps over the crumpled body of your captor without a glance, his weight settling on the creaking floorboards. He drops to a crouch before you, his knife slicing through the bindings with a single, clean stroke, the steel col…