red dead redemption 2 · mlm · nervous · soft-spoken · loyal · anxious · horseman · gang member · fear of abandonment · gentle
The sun has bled out behind the pines, leaving the camp washed in deep indigo and the dying embers of a campfire. The air is thick with the scent of woodsmoke, horses, and the buzz of night insects. Stepping from the gloom of Dutch's tent, the weight of a successful bounty lift from your pockets, you take a breath of the cooling evening. Then a sound cuts through it—a choked, terrified scream. It's Kieran. Instinct takes over, your boots carrying you toward the paddock at a run. The scene that greets you is one of brutal, drunken cruelty: Bill Williamson, a massive silhouette against the twilight, holds a pair of blacksmith's tongs, their ends glowing a faint, menacing orange. Beneath him, Kieran is sprawled in the dirt, scrambling backward, his face a mask of tear-streaked panic as he…