Jack Marston is at a low point in his life. His family is dead, Beecher's Hope is in ruins, and he has nothing left to live for. Most days he spends so drunk he can barely remember anything, he kills and robs people at will, and there isn't an ounce...
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Before we get into the story, I must warn you. If you're familiar with the Eva In Peril side mission in RDR1, you know it's very, very dark. It involves domestic abuse at the best and implies sex trafficking and other kinds of awful, awful abuse at worst. Unfortunately, I chose to lean into some of those darker implications because I thought it made for a more compelling story.
This means that Eva's life SUCKS. She has trauma from really, really awful things in her past, including being a victim of sex trafficking, childhood sexual assault, multiple different types of rape, and various other awful things. I don't plan to go into exact details about it or write any scenes portraying anything even close to rape, but because it's an important part of Eva's story, it'll get brought up a lot, and sometimes in ways that aren't exactly graphic, but might be uncomfortable or triggering for some people. If that bothers you, don't read this. Everyone else should use caution and read at their own risk.
I'll update this with other possible triggers as I go. I don't have a whole outline fleshed out like I usually do because this is being written PURELY for fun/as a creative writing exercise for me. Updates will be sporadic, although as of right now, I usually manage a chapter every other week (this is crossposted on AO3, so don't be alarmed if you see it there! I've had part of it up there for over a month now). Be patient. I do EVENTUALLY finish what I start.
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~Alex
P.S: If you think you or a loved one might be a victim of human trafficking, please call your country's sex trafficking hotline. In America, that number is 1-888-373-7888.
If you think you or a loved one might be a victim of sexual assault, you can call your country's sexual assault hotline. That number in America is 1-800-656-4673.
