The grand prize

his touch in the sky

everyone I've known has died years back
even Cripps who eventually got his face ripped in his sleep, by my dog of course I mean he had it coming
Arthur Morgan has died 5 years ago and I've been following in his footsteps.
the day I found out that he's my father..well
he died. amazing coincidence isn't it?
to be fair his death was a lot more interesting than my mothers
I could now call her a lady of the line but truth is she was just another prostitute who just didn't moan loud enough for that one drunk fella who then shot her straight in the face.
that was the end of the most popular „lady of the line" ...sooo sad.
back to Morgan, by following his footsteps I meant I'm trying NOT to be an outlaw like he was, I truly do try.
but yeah I got a real huge amount of money on my head in pretty much every on horseback reachable spot here which is kind of funny considering I used to be a bounty Hunter myself.
I'm gonna be honest his death is and was the only one I'm actually sad about,
he died thinking he had no family left.
I mean of course he didn't know about me, no one really did, my mom just slept with him because they were both drunk and well I guess she just had it in her blood.
I know I know how come I'm so sure I'm his kid if my mother slept with everyone and their cousin?
well it's simple, she wasn't always all about that.
she was a fine lady truly. She didn't let anyone touch her and she never got drunk.
at least that's what I've been told
that one time though she did get drunk 25 years ago she done it with him.
he was the first one to ever you know
Certainly not the last one..

But all that happened after I was born.
being a single mom was too much for her, it just drained her. she started drinking and well went from fancy woman to sex toy.
yeah I could blame myself for how her life came to an end and hell, I did.
but I was just a kid. an infant. it's not like i was even able to talk an tell her „yes go you're gonna be a better mom if you leave me alone while you're breastfeeding drunk men the way you should me". so yeah I'm just really not gonna put that on myself.

5 years ago when she finally told me who my dad is, that was the the first time I've seen her sober in years, and sadly also the last.

„Whatever you're writing there, you should read it to me" wynonna snaps out of her thoughts and looks at Lia, her best friend who's hovering over the papers staring at it as if it's gonna start talking to her. She chuckles „or you finally let me teach you how to read, I'm surprised you're even able to talk" she mocks her, smiling proudly and Lia on the other hand is glaring at her, obviously fake offended
„ it's just because you're too bad of a teacher" she says picking up the little book wynonna has been writing in
„Isn't this your dads journal?" she asks confused
Wynonna doesn't say anything and just stands up from that uncomfortable chair Cripps left behind and starts making her way through camp, to pet Dom who's her beloved dog, killer of old Cripps.

„he inspires me" she doesn't look up but she can feel Lias questioning eyes on her
„HIM? Arthur Morgan? That murderous outlaw? He's the one to-
She stops talking when wynonna suddenly turns her head to look at her with a look on her face that she just couldn't describe if she tried.
„he was a good man beneath all that outlaw lifestyle. it's a fact and you're holding the proof of that in your hands right now"
she gets up and takes the journal
„I can feel his touch through touching this book, I can feel his fear, his anger and the love he felt for a family he had lost many years ago, I can feel it as I write in it"
she pauses and smiles
„I went through hell to get this book. I wrote about my past and I will keep writing in it until the day it runs out of pages.
It's what he would've wanted, for his family to never forget and never be forgotten"
wynonna looks up to the sky and feels the wind go through her light brown hair that looks just like his

I can feel you, dad

„I'm sorry I really didn't know" Lias face dropped the second Wynonna has shared her feelings about this book
„You know what?" Wynonna gives her a teary smile „I'm going to hide this book somewhere when I'm done writing in it. the person to find this will know everything to down to the depths of Arthur Morgan's mind.
And of course they will know me, even better than you do"
Lia laughs „see you didn't only get his bad traits" she hugs Wynonna and they both share a laugh

„where will you hide it?" She asks pulling away
Wynonna laughs again
„I guess I'll go for a ride with Ellie to see in what shithole the bounty hunters make her go the fastest, that's where I'll hide it" she smiles

Suddenly a big nose touches the back of her head causing her to turn around and be face to face with the one and only, Ellie.
Wynonna smiles „awh my good girl" she pets her „you must've heard your name, didn't you"
she grabs a carrot and feeds it to her „yeah such a good girl"
she smiles brighter thinking of the the fact that that's how Arthur wrote about his horse.
„She was his and now you're mine" she whispers holding onto her and yet again she has the feeling of the wind getting stronger going through her hair, him approving.

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Hi!
I really haven't been active much so this is kind of like a fresh start, hopefully I'll update more on this one😬
Credits and a huge thank you to my girlfriend who drew the cover and always motivates me to do what I love, I love you ❤️