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Chamber of reflection [ Arthur Morgan x wife! reader]

Summary: Through generating brain oscillations involved in memory retrieval, the brain may be playing a last recall of important life events just before we die.

Warning: IT'S ARTHUR MORGAN WOHOOO FINALLY SOMETHING ABOUT HIM. major angst, Arthur contracted TB, death, Red Dead Redmption happened. Betrayal ( Dutch and Micah) obviously, love, major character death, High Honor Arthur.

As usual, I'm sorry if there are any wrong sentences or typos or grammatical mistakes, please forgive me and again English is not my first language, so I try to improve my language and writing in this way.


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Arthur let out a ragged sigh. His throat, his chest his body feels heavy and tired. He dragged his body towards the end of the mountain. Micah, Dutch. Oh, god he couldn't believe that Dutch was willing to trust someone who had only been in the gang for 6 months rather than someone he had known for years. He felt betrayed, upset and disbelief. He knows that something is wrong with Micah after all this time. He knows that Micah is the one spitting venom into Dutch's mind. Now the whole gang is in disarray. Lots of death. Lots of sadness and lots of people leaving.

He can't believe it. This is how he died. Betrayal and disease. His chest feels like there are many thorny roses in his chest making it hard for him to breathe. Air is getting harder to get. His face is full of bruises and cuts. Blood everywhere. This mountain is where he will die.

He knows his time has come when he discovers that he has contracted Tuberculosis. He feels regret after all the bad things he has done. Maybe this is the destiny for what he has done. Killing innocents, collecting debts from poor people..robbery.

He grunted. Feeling his time is coming. He positioned his head to the east. He let out a ragged breath. Mind playing all the great time he had. With the gang, people and you. Oh, you. You're the one who's always behind him no matter what. You're the one who always believes in him so much that you're willing to form a bond as a wife. He adores you. He loves you and he feels sorry that he had to leave you. You know about his disease as you were the one who went with him to the clinic.

He can remember the look of disbelief and dread craved on your face. Upon looking at your face, it was enough to make him devastated. He wanted to reach out to you, he wanted to hold you, to be held by you. He wanted you with him until the end of his life but what could he do? At least you were safe with John and his family. Away from this. Although he had to force you to leave as you fought against Sadie's hold to be let go. Sadie had to hogtie you though.

He can't look at your eyes otherwise he will regret it. You know he will leave and not come back. You always know. That's why he loves you. You can read him like an open book. Know everything without talking to him. If only he could turn back time, this thing wouldn't happen. Dutch betrayal, Micah working with Pinkerton, Hosea, Sean and Lenny's death and mostly if he refused to work collecting debts from Strauss he wouldn't get this disease. He will be with you until the end of his life. Till death do us apart, like he and you uttered together at your wedding.

He will build a family with you. Away from this, away from outlaw life. Build a cabin in a beautiful place or he may build a ranch for you and his children but he can only dream. That ending is not achieved as he lay alone on top of the mountain, facing east. He is a changed person. He does a lot of good things before his time. He regrets all the things he did to be loyal to Dutch. But loyalty is what kills him.