--- "Do you have a name, son?" the man asked. Arthur looked up. No one ever asked. What was his name? Oh yeah. "Arthur Morgan, sir." "Dutch Van Der Linde," the man replied, reaching out his hand to shake. Arthur accepted it. His hand seemed little compared to the other man's. Soon after, Dutch's associate exited the store. Dutch stood, so Arthur naturally did the same, wanting to get on the men's good side. "And that would be my associate, Hosea Matthews!" Dutch turned to Hosea. "Hosea, meet this young chap here, Arthur Morgan." --- A RDR2 fanfic about the origins of Arthur Morgan and how he came across the men who would save him. Warning: Contains physical and sexual abuse and violence. If you're triggered by any of these themes, please don't read. Thanks! [COMPLETED] [Thanks for 16,000 reads!]

"ᴵ'ᴹ ˢᵀᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ᵞᴼᵁ, ᵂᴴᴱᵀᴴᴱᴿ ᵞᴼᵁ ᴸᴵᴷᴱ ᴼᴿ ᴺᴼᵀ. ᴵ'ᴹ ᴺᴼᵀ ᴿᵁᴺᴺᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴴᴵˢ ᵀᴵᴹᴱ." If there's one thing I'm done with, that would be running. Reason being is because that's all I've done for my entire life. The surge of adrenaline running through your veins, your breaths sharp and frantic, and how your feet desperately attempted to create a form of friction. I hated the feeling. It was a grim reminder of how I lost the people I loved and how I would never be safe unless change was made. [ ᴀʀᴛʜᴜʀ ᴍᴏʀɢᴀɴ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ]

Elizabeth Perez, former bounty hunter turned outlaw has stumbled upon the Van Der Lin gang. Death, blood, money and betrayal she was expecting. One thing she wasn't? Love.

"𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠." ͏𝘨͏𝘳͏𝘢͏𝘤͏𝘦 ͏𝘱͏𝘦͏𝘵͏𝘦͏𝘳͏𝘴 ͏𝘪͏𝘴 ͏𝘢 ͏𝘥͏𝘦͏𝘨͏𝘦͏𝘯͏𝘦͏𝘳͏𝘢͏𝘵͏𝘦, ͏𝘫͏𝘶͏𝘴͏𝘵 ͏𝘭͏𝘪͏𝘬͏𝘦 ͏𝘵͏𝘩͏𝘦 ͏𝘳͏𝘦͏𝘴͏𝘵 ͏𝘰͏𝘧 ͏𝘵͏𝘩͏𝘦 ͏𝘷͏𝘢͏𝘯 ͏𝘥͏𝘦͏𝘳 ͏𝘭͏𝘪͏𝘯͏𝘥͏𝘦 ͏𝘨͏𝘢͏𝘯͏𝘨.͏ 𝘳͏𝘦͏𝘢͏𝘥 ͏𝘢͏𝘣͏𝘰͏𝘶͏𝘵 ͏𝘩͏𝘦͏𝘳 ͏𝘱͏𝘦͏𝘳͏𝘴͏𝘱͏𝘦͏𝘤͏𝘵͏𝘪͏𝘷͏𝘦 ͏𝘥͏𝘶͏𝘳͏𝘪͏𝘯͏𝘨 ͏𝘵͏𝘩͏𝘦 ͏𝘵͏𝘪͏𝘮͏𝘦 ͏𝘰͏𝘧 ͏𝘸͏𝘩͏𝘦͏𝘯 ͏𝘵͏𝘩͏𝘢͏𝘵 ͏𝘨͏𝘢͏𝘯͏𝘨 ͏𝘳͏𝘢͏𝘯 ͏𝘸͏𝘪͏𝘭͏𝘥 ͏𝘢͏𝘧͏𝘵͏𝘦͏𝘳 ͏𝘵͏𝘩͏𝘦 ͏𝘣͏𝘭͏𝘢͏𝘤͏𝘬͏𝘸͏𝘢͏𝘵͏𝘦͏𝘳 ͏𝘳͏𝘰͏𝘣͏𝘣͏𝘦͏𝘳͏𝘺. _____________________________________________________________________ None of the images or artwork are mine, all used to give a feel for the book. None of the characters are mine except for a few.

➵ ❝Y'know... I ain't a good man.❞ ❝You're good to me, and that's enough.❞ ➵ Arthur Morgan had heard many tales about grand treasures hidden all over the Heartlands, yet he wasn't one to believe in mere rumors as such, most claimed by drunken lowlifes spending their miserable lives in rundown saloons. Until the day the Van der Linde gang saves a farm girl from Colm O'Driscoll's boys, and something more; with a legitimate treasure map in the girl's possession, the chance to earn a great amount of gold arises, and is far too tempting for Dutch van der Linde to turn down. Arthur takes it upon himself to find this secret stash of gold - and it's during this treasure hunt where the outlaw finds out more than he'd bargained for; the gold is not the only secret that has remained hidden for far too long. ➵ Arthur Morgan x Fem!reader ➵ Warning: this story contains foul language, violence, gore and death. ➵ Credits: RDR2/Arthur Morgan belongs to Rockstar Games, I only own my writing. ➵ Cover edited by @catharsxs ➵ IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED RDR2, BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL SPOILERS IN THIS STORY !!

"𝑀𝒾𝓈𝓈, 𝒷𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒾𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝒾𝓃'𝓉 𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓉." ᴀᴜᴅʀᴇʏ ᴅᴀᴠɪs, ᴀ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ 𝟸𝟼 ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴏʟᴅ ɪs sɴᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ɪɴ sᴀɪɴᴛ ᴅᴇɴɪs ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏ'ᴅʀɪsᴄᴏʟʟs ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ's ᴡᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ ɴᴏᴛᴏʀɪᴏᴜs ɢᴀɴɢ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴀɴ ᴅᴇʀ ʟɪɴᴅᴇ ɢᴀɴɢ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ's ʙᴜsɪɴᴇss, sʜᴇ ɪs ᴛʀᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪs sᴇᴇɴ ᴀs sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ sʜᴇ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ. ᴀʀᴛʜᴜʀ ᴍᴏʀɢᴀɴ, ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴠᴀɴ ᴅᴇʀ ʟɪɴᴅᴇ's ᴄʟᴏsᴇsᴛ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ sᴇᴇs ᴀᴜᴅʀᴇʏ ғᴏʀ ᴡʜᴏ sʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɪs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀɪᴇs ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʜᴇʀ. ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴇ sᴜᴄᴄᴇᴇᴅ?

❝Reckon I'm a bit like a dog, aren't I? She showed me kindness once and now I keep thinking about coming back.❞ ❝A dog is far too domesticated for you, Arthur Morgan. You're a wolf.❞ [Bounty hunter AU] In which Arthur Morgan, the man you're supposed to capture, not only accidentally saves your life, but makes it a whole lot more complicated. Status: Completed Warning! Contains foul language and mature themes. Highest ranking: #1 in rdr2 Disclaimer! All characters appearing in this story are owned by Rockstar, with the exception of some original characters and the Reader. Cover edited by me.