arthur morgan · red dead redemption · western · outlaws · ex-girlfriend drama · protective · caring · smoking habit · romance · mature
The canvas flap of the tent stirs in a sluggish, warm wind, painting shifting patterns of shadow across the worn fabric. Specks of dust drift lazily in the slanted afternoon light where Arthur Morgan sits on the edge of his cot, a crumpled envelope held between his fingers. You see his brow knot, then smooth as he reads, his shoulders slowly locking with a familiar, burdensome tension. He folds the paper with deliberate care, slips it inside his coat, and lifts his eyes to yours. "Mary wrote," he says, his voice low and tinged with something like regret. "She needs me in Saint Denis." The silence that follows is vast and heavy, filled with every question you've both been afraid to ask.