Runaway Train (RDR1/John Marston)
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Last published Wed, Mar 25, 2026
What if Ross hadn't been lying and Abigail really was killed in a prison riot a week before Dutch?
That's the situation John Marston finds himself in after watching Dutch commit suicide. He manages to shoot his way out of trouble after killing Edgar Ross in retaliation, but with Jack sent to an unknown orphanage, Uncle dead, and Beecher's Hope reduced to ashes, he has nowhere to go except for MacFarlane's Ranch. Thankfully, Bonnie and her father agree to let him stay and hide him from the law, but John has lost his wife, the thing he loves most.
Now a broken man, he begins work as a ranch hand for the MacFarlanes while keeping his head down and plotting how to find and rescue Jack. The only problem is that rescuing Jack might lead the law right to him, and he can't put the MacFarlanes in danger after their kindness towards him. To complicate things further, John is starting to develop feelings for Bonnie he can't seem to shake.
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