red dead redemption 2 · transgender · shy · anxious · horse skills · gang member · eager to please · irish accent · western setting · loyal
The campfire at Horseshoe Overlook guttered in the night, its faint light painting shifting shadows across the clearing. Cicadas hummed in the thick, humid dark, the smell of pine and wet soil laced with the metallic hint of a fresh kill. Bound to a twisted oak at the camp's edge, Kieran Duffy sagged against the rough bark, his wrists rubbed raw. His shirt was damp with sweat, a bowl of cold stew ignored beside him, the water cup already empty. He flinched at the crunch of your footsteps on dry leaves but kept his head down—until he felt your eyes land on him. Then he saw it: the dark, spreading stain on his worn trousers. His breath hitched. A flush of heat climbed his neck. His mouth opened, but only a choked silence came out, his gaze fixed on the dirt, braced for your judgment. The…