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You Walk with Me [RDR2] by Asinine_Aster (Limelit_Lilac)
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games), Red Dead Redemption 2
27 Oct 2025
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[PRE-RDR2]
An Irish orphan and a runaway soldier meet in an Oklahoma jail cell. One might call it fate; the other would call it bad luck. Still, alone in the frontier, the two young thieves make an unlikely duo.This work features small vignettes and glimpses into a pre-Van der Linde life for Sean MacGuire, featuring an original character.
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In 1887, Arthur accidentally shoots someone in a theater of Black water while being half drunk. Now when he gets sober and gets scolded by Hosea and Miss.Grimshaw, he realizes that he brought a new problem on his shoulders.
{ this is a charthur fic, the original character and Arthur have a platonic relationship so DON’T WORRY PEOPLE}
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The Allure of the Wild Western Man by MysteryTickingNoise
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
12 Oct 2025
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When Ophelia Varley's father hires a family of drifters to work their failing Oklahoma estate, she finds unexpected freedom in the company of Arthur, the eldest son. But as her grandmother arranges a marriage to save the family from ruin, Ophelia discovers her new friends harbor dangerous secrets—and so does her heart.
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- Part 1 of The Wild Western Series
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She was a princess who ran from a gilded cage; he was a revolutionary who ran from a life he couldn’t bear. Fate brought Jeanne Saint Laurent and Javier Escuella together in the chaos of the Van der Linde gang, and for a moment, they found something neither had expected: love.
But the frontier is cruel, and loyalty often comes before the heart. Between heists, Pinkertons, outlaws, and betrayal, their bond is tested at every turn. Nights spent in quiet corners of the camp, shared glances across roaring fires, and stolen moments in the privacy of their rooms can’t shield them from the dangers surrounding them—or the choices they must make.
As the gang fractures, secrets pile up, and survival becomes a gamble, Jeanne and Javier must navigate a world where trust is scarce, hearts are vulnerable, and the promise of tomorrow is never certain. Will their love endure the chaos of the lawless West—or will the frontier claim them both?
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Eight-year-old Clementine's world burned to the ground in a single night.
Her home, family, and future, all gone in a vicious storm. Clementine, freshly orphaned, traumatized, barefoot, and alone, made the impossible decision to leave all she's ever known behind. Later, she finds herself freezing to death on the outskirts of a cold frontier town with nothing but a waterlogged family photo, her mother's quilt, and the smallest will to live.
When outlaw Arthur Morgan finds her half-dead in a ditch, he has half a mind to leave her to die. He's lost too much himself to help a starving and fragile child. Against his better judgement, he decides to take her in. To his surprise, Clementine clings to him as if he is the only light left in a brutal world.
Life on the run is no place for a child, but Clementine proves sharper, braver, and more dangerous than anyone could have guessed. Every shot she fires and every risk she takes pulls her deeper into a life her family never would have wanted for her.
But outlaws aren't the only threat. Ghosts from her past are closing in, along with enemies who see Clementine as Arthur Morgan's greatest weakness. And they'll stop at nothing to use her to destroy him.
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The Spirit of Freedom comes at a Cost by Faiths_Revival (Foolish_Sadder), Foolish_Sadder
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
25 Sep 2025
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When the gang comes down from Colter to set up camp, they come across a Grey Dapple Mustang. A stallion that would follow them for years and watch as the Gang goes into madness. The stallion picks a few from the gang to stay close to, but only for a little.
Will the stallion prevent deaths or watch them go on as the world spins?
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Hosea and Dutch have together (for better or for worse) for twentysomething years.
Before Arthur, before John, it all started with a look where 'we both looked into each other's eyes and saw something.'
And then, a kiss.
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The United States was becoming a land of laws, and Dutch Van Der Linde's gang is affected by these changes. Our protagonists find themselves trapped in romantic dilemmas in this cruel world, all with the noble goal of finally being able to love freely.
Being human is painful but undeniably one of the most beautiful experiences."It's man so in love with greed that he has forgotten himself and found only appetites." -Dutch Van Der Linde
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Micah has a tip for an easy train heist and Arthur and John get drawn along, forced to liste to Micah`s talking.
Just a short gang protecting Arthur story that turned into multi chapter one shots mostly centering Micah and Arthurs hate for each other.
(NO standard omegaverse! all discrimination comes from Micah. OMEGAS/ALPHAS ARE STILL NORMAL MAN/WOMAN!)
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- Part 5 of red dead omegaverse
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Dutch Van der Linde and Hosea Matthews narrowly escape a heist gone wrong, and find an unassuming, run-down old town to stock up and lick their wounds. But Dutch's interest is soon captured by a street orphan, and he begins to envision a world better suited to him, one that might have a family for him to call his own.
How they met with a glimpse into the start of Dutch's burgeoning cult personality.
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- Part 1 of Young God
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(This is an on going work)
This is the story of how Josiah Trelawny joined the Dutch Vanderlinde Gang and his long and passionate relationship with Arthur Morgan. I based this off of how I and many others feel there is a lot of secret queer communication in the game, especially from characters like Josiah Trelawny. A lot of things from his dialogue is left in mystery. Stuff which Arthur always seems to understand. So what if some of Arthur and Josiah’s interactions in the game play were coded talk referring to more private moments. A long building love story unfolds.
This story will eventually run past Ch. 6 of the game itself. High Honor. -
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A collection of words etched into parchment and bound into leather that tell a story of a man who had seen the rise and fall of a leader.
Follow Hosea Matthews through the late decades of the American Frontier as he details his journey travelling America with his colleague in crime, Dutch van der Linde.
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Charles Smith has been on his own for most of his life. He's used to being alone. But everyone needs help sometimes. Everyone could use a family.
Or: When Charles Smith joins the Van der Linde gang.
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Arthur’s life starting at age 8 until just before the events of Colter. This is a love story of sorts while also shedding light on how the gang came to be, told through the lens of Arthur and his childhood.
Chapters with asterisks around them include smut, but they are marked as such within the chapter and can be easily skipped—99% of the smut in this fic have no plot progression so it is purely written and read for fun!
Finally, I’ve written this with time appropriate American states, territories, and habits as I combine the fictional world and map of RDR2 into the real 1800s american west to the best of my ability. Everything written is following the canon story provided to us, nothing challenges fictional hypotheses or fantasy. Thanks for reading!
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After the death of your father, the entirety of his inheritance is left in your name. On one condition.
You find yourself having to make a hard decision that would impact the rest of your life. With only six months to do so.
Arthur Morgan is not the man he seems. His suit is worn, his charm is unpolished, the shadows that follow him are darker than any drawing room whisper. But in a world bound by rules and reputation, his rough edges feel like freedom and y/n isn't sure whether loving him will save her, or ruin her entirely.
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A cold, rainy night in Valentine, a young woman, lost, alone, and far from home. An outlaw, listless, drifting- wanting something he can’t quite define, and an empty bar. This is their story.
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- Part 1 of The Song of Silence
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 780
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 4
- Hits:
- 67
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Filler summary for now
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 28
- Chapters:
- 1/500
- Hits:
- 15
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Arthur takes you to practice your shooting after a successful job with some of the other gang members.
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I Know It's Over, Still I Cling On by masslveattack
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
17 Jul 2025
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Promises and dreams. Arthur swore that he would visit Isaac and Eliza every couple months that went by, and that he did.
But this one venture to that cabin, it's silent, no childlike joy, no soft giggles, complete and utter silence. Just blood.
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Where The Dust Settles by MiddleOfNoWhereGirl
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games), Red Dead Redemption 2
16 Jul 2025
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He wasn’t looking for softness.
Not in a world like his.
But she offered it anyway—
not with promises,
not with pity—
just a warm fire, a quiet voice,
and a place where he didn’t have to be anything
but tired and human.Arthur Morgan lives on borrowed time,
but in Eliza’s cabin,
the noise stills.
The blood dries.
And for a little while,
he remembers what it feels like
to be held,
instead of haunted.But peace doesn’t come free.
And love like this?
It never makes it out clean.