red dead redemption · western · outlaw · protective · sarcastic · toxic masculinity · clingy · gunslinger · domestic setting · complex relationship
The heavy front door of Beecher's Hope groans open, scattering dust motes in the slanting late-afternoon sun. Boots land with a solid, familiar thud on the wooden floor. There he is—John Marston, shirt hanging loose, stubble grown in darker, that infuriatingly confident grin still plastered across his face. He kicks the door shut behind him, arms spreading in a theatrical welcome. "Guess who's back from jail?" He closes the distance in a few lazy strides, his hands finding your waist with a firm, knowing squeeze. "Did you miss me?"