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    The last shot is accompanied by the trail of a cry, shrill, angry, fearful. Arthur lowers his revolver. Blinks. Tongues at a bloody tooth from getting hit while strangling an O’Driscoll, spits red mucus onto one of the bodies on the floor.

    The crying starts up again, as if sensing Arthur’s confusion. For a moment, Arthur thinks it must be some poor lady these savages have taken alongside the house, but quickly knows it to be untrue. It’s too—wet, pointless in a way only the young can manage, knowing that something is wrong but not knowing what. Just a shout, not the bellowing anguish of someone who knows what god-awful situation they have been put in.

    “Christ,” he says, once, twice. “Christ.”

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    Arthur accidentally adopts a baby, and, despite his best judgement, ends up starting to raise him. He falls in love with Charles along the way.

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    When Arthur doesn't appear around camp all morning, Charles goes to check up on him.

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    As it turns out, Charles is the only person in camp who can pick up Arthur.

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    Arthur could hear the smile behind Dutch’s words. A part of him ached. “Why now?”
    There was a mutual understanding of the question. Whenever they’d pondered about the relentlessness of the world, the why-nows, it was usually spent debating on what started the latest bar fight, why they can't go back to whichever town, or how did so-and-so get himself killed. Each time they concluded without a true answer. There was only moving on. When a minute passed and Dutch still sat silent, idly petting his right hand over his spine, it was clear that now was no exception. But unlike past circumstances, this moment carried with it an unfamiliar tenderness that Arthur had no idea where to bury.

    Dutch offers Arthur a back rub. It goes according to plan.

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  6. 92

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    The horrible swamp encounter expanded bc I think comfort was needed but also set in shady belle camp bc Hosea's still alive there etc etc and also I like John and Charles' friendship and wanted to expand on that more pre-epilogue

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    For all his boasting, Sean isn't the best lover, and Arthur decides to take matters into his own hands to try and improve his technique - for Karen's sake, of course.

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    With the lantern’s glow flickering inside the tent, their silhouettes would be visible to anyone outside. Arthur thinks, bitterly, that it’s a good thing there ain’t hardly no one left to look.

    “He tells me that I’m good.”

    Dutch laughs so loud that Arthur flinches. “Well, now it makes sense! The man’s a con artist, of course you’d go to him to hear a lie!”

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    Arthur doesn't do well with change. Small changes he can handle, but large ones have always knocked him a little off kilter. Usually he can adjust, given enough time - get his footing back and walk it off.

    But not this time.

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  12. 23

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    “I guess I know why it's gotta be you, Arthur.” He chuckled darkly, “I enjoy being the only person who can bring you to your knees and keep you there.”
    Arthur knew better than to react to that. But he also knew there was truth in that statement. He still loved Dutch, even if he hurt him, even if he used him for his own pleasure.

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    Dutch finally has some time to relax after the gang settled down in Colter, barely escaping from Blackwater. His mind and body need some rest and he knows the perfect remedy: Arthur's hidden talents that only the two of them know about – only, Arthur is still reluctant in giving Dutch what he needs.

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    “Do you know what fine living is about? Rituals, Arthur. Real luxury is having the time to pay attention to the small things we care about.”

    “Like the river boat job?” Arthur says, tone softer, the memory of that evening still settled sweet and comforting in his chest. He’d never felt so *cared* for, and it was by a man he hadn’t even known that well by that point.

    “Like you,” Josiah says tenderly.

    He’s never known how to love without hurting - but now, he thinks he could learn.

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    “And besides,” he continues, getting that queer look in his eye when the magpie, for a moment, becomes an eagle. "We both know this is the kind of innocent fun you thrive on, Arthur Morgan.”

    Arthur hates how well the English bastard can see through him, hates how transparent he is.

    But-

    -ain’t it nice, for once, to be seen?

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    Wanting and craving is in America's blood, comes as natural to them as love and blasphemy.

    Arthur pushes the sleeve up to Dutch's elbow, resting his fingers against warm skin, content to sink into the sensation for a minute. It might remind Dutch that Arthur's human, too.

    Then he pulls Dutch's arm down until the gun is pointed at his mouth. He licks the tip of the barrel.

    "Jesus, son!" Dutch hisses, something electric running down his spine as he tightens his grip on Arthur's face. He tells himself that this is a shock, and not exactly what he'd had in mind since he'd aimed the revolver at Arthur.

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    They’re having a party for Jack’s safe return, but Arthur can’t seem to get his mind off of John. He thinks maybe drinkin’ himself half to death will let him forget, but unfortunately John had the same idea.

    Choose your own adventure! Tags and summaries for each route listed at the bottom of Chapter 1.

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    The fellers have a little too much to drink during the party for Jack's return. Micah tempts Arthur with an offer he can't resist. When Dutch gets involved their relationship spirals further out of control, somehow leading to the three of them getting high off their asses in the middle of the Caribbean.

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    Dutch has begun instructing Arthur in matters of sensuality. Each lesson has been more wicked than the last, tearing him down and building him up until he can't help craving more. The fourth time is particularly intense.

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    'Hosea called him melancholy, Dutch called him sour, John called him an asshole.'

    Sometimes the silence is too loud, and the noise is too quiet, and the darkness around us is better than the one inside.

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  20. 26

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    An Hour is All it Takes to Dream // or 100 Days of Falling in Love With Charles Smith

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    Ain’t nothing scares John Marston, ‘cept for water. And a man...

    Skinners attack Beecher's Hope and John can't sleep for reliving it. John ain't queer - he ain't! - but he asks Charles to share his bed.

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