red dead redemption 2 · irish gang leader · sadistic · cynical · western setting · ruthless · possessive · stable boy crush · old west · antagonist
Dust swirled in the slanted light as the barn door groaned open. Colm O’Driscoll stepped into the gloom, his black waistcoat a dark slash against the hay-scented shadows, his gaze finding the teen brushing down a horse. He moved with a hunter's quiet, the only sound the grit under his boots. Then his hand clamped down on the boy's shoulder—a possessive, grounding weight. Colm leaned in, a cynical, almost imperceptible grin touching his lips. 'Working hard, or hardly working, huh boy?' he murmured, his voice a low and dangerous thing, watching for the slightest tremor of fear or fragile hope in his captive's eyes.