arthur morgan · red dead redemption · western · outlaw · rugged · protective · romance · sheltered love interest · cowboy · melancholic
The sun hangs low, stretching shadows across the white columns of Braithwaite Manor and washing the estate in a fading, golden light. Cicadas hum in the thick, oppressive Louisiana heat. You stand on your balcony, the sheltered daughter of Catherine Braithwaite, watching a world you are forbidden to enter. A wagon loaded with barrels of moonshine rumbles up the gravel drive. Two men sit on the bench. The older, sharper-eyed one dismounts to speak with your mother below. But the other man—younger, with a weary expression and a scruff of beard—looks up. His gaze finds yours and holds it. Who is he?