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Fata Morgana by BetweenTownleys
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games), Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2
21 Sep 2019
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Once upon a time, John had been small. Living things often are. Small things get fed and get bigger. They grow up. Or sometimes, if you are very unlucky, they don’t.
After a while, Arthur murmurs in the dark, “Ain’t babied you like this since you broke your arm when you was fourteen. You was already too big for it back then too, to be honest. Cain’t say what to do with you now.”
It takes a moment for their body temperatures to match, and Arthur feels John’s voice against his chest when he quietly replies, “I don’t think about it like that.”
[A precanon Morston Oneshot] Arthur questions what his role is where a young John is concerned.
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- Part 3 of Folk Songs and other Love Stories
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20 Feb 2026
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Fata Morgana by BetweenTownleys (WorkID: 20715848)
Summary: Once upon a time, John had been small. Living things often are. Small things get fed and get bigger. They grow up. Or sometimes, if you are very unlucky, they don’t.
After a while, Arthur murmurs in the dark, “Ain’t babied you like this since you broke your arm when you was fourteen. You was already too big for it back then too, to be honest. Cain’t say what to do with you now.”
It takes a moment for their body temperatures to match, and Arthur feels John’s voice against his chest when he quietly replies, “I don’t think about it like that.”
[A precanon Morston Oneshot] Arthur questions what his role is where a young John is concerned.
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You Are My Sunshine by BetweenTownleys
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption (Video Games), Red Dead Redemption 2
18 Jul 2019
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Arthur thinks of Hosea saying that the pencil should be guided by love; that looking at a thing is not the same as seeing a thing, and that this is the difference between a hack job and a man with any real modicum of talent. Arthur thinks about how inextricably his loyalty, faith and love are all tangled up together inside his heart, and he draws John’s portrait up in the tree as faithfully as he can, faithful enough even to remember the bits of twigs stuck fast in his wild black mop of dirty hair.
This is the first time Arthur thinks that he loves John.
[a canon-compliant prequel Morston tragedy, in 8 parts]Series
- Part 1 of Folk Songs and other Love Stories
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12 Feb 2026
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You Are My Sunshine by BetweenTownleys (WorkID: 17090870)
Summary: Arthur thinks of Hosea saying that the pencil should be guided by love; that looking at a thing is not the same as seeing a thing, and that this is the difference between a hack job and a man with any real modicum of talent. Arthur thinks about how inextricably his loyalty, faith and love are all tangled up together inside his heart, and he draws John’s portrait up in the tree as faithfully as he can, faithful enough even to remember the bits of twigs stuck fast in his wild black mop of dirty hair.
This is the first time Arthur thinks that he loves John.
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The gang travels southwest for the winter after their mostly successful bank robbery, but John's broken arm is making him miserable. Arthur thinks he might just have the solution.
A direct continuation of sorts to Banking, the Old American Art.
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- Part 4 of Flying Blind
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05 Feb 2026
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and here’s where mine ends by WhyWouldIEver (WorkID: 27836584)
Summary: The gang travels southwest for the winter after their mostly successful bank robbery, but John's broken arm is making him miserable. Arthur thinks he might just have the solution.
A direct continuation of sorts to Banking, the Old American Art.
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Because I Fucking Can by Macabee
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games), Red Dead Redemption 2
07 Sep 2021
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Maybe it says a little more than it probably should that John only lets himself think this way about him when he’s still half-drunk and all alone.
Fuck that. John Marston wasn’t known for his ability to think.
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- Part 1 of RDR2 Fics
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26 Jan 2026
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Because I Fucking Can by Macabee (WorkID: 33694270)
Summary: Maybe it says a little more than it probably should that John only lets himself think this way about him when he’s still half-drunk and all alone.
Fuck that. John Marston wasn’t known for his ability to think.
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John knows he's a good marksman. He has to be, in his line of work, in this life he leads, and it wouldn’t even be bragging to say that he’s good, just like it wouldn't be bragging to say that Arthur is something else entirely.
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25 Jan 2026
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a quick-pull trigger by Anonymous (WorkID: 32804869)
Summary: John knows he's a good marksman. He has to be, in his line of work, in this life he leads, and it wouldn’t even be bragging to say that he’s good, just like it wouldn't be bragging to say that Arthur is something else entirely.
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Peeping Tom I've got a big surprise by glorygore
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
07 May 2022
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Arthur accidentally sees John pleasuring himself, one thing leads to another
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- Part 3 of Morston
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16 Jan 2026
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Peeping Tom I've got a big surprise by glorygore (WorkID: 38852580)
Summary: Arthur accidentally sees John pleasuring himself, one thing leads to another
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Arthur teaches John how to swim
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- Part 2 of Morston
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15 Jan 2026
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Teaching him the ropes by glorygore (WorkID: 38844600)
Summary: Arthur teaches John how to swim
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“I’m gonna head down the creek jus’ a bit. There’s some deeper water I wanna relax in.”
Arthur should know how to control himself, but then John looks up at him with his big brown eyes.
“If you ain’t too scared, you can join me.”
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Arthur is dealt a mission from Dutch; get John washed up. It should’ve gone smoothly, but John loves to push for things Arthur isn’t sure he should have. And surely Arthur has enough restraint.
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08 Jan 2026
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Creekwater Salt by selskinn (WorkID: 62828152)
Summary: “I’m gonna head down the creek jus’ a bit. There’s some deeper water I wanna relax in.”
Arthur should know how to control himself, but then John looks up at him with his big brown eyes.
“If you ain’t too scared, you can join me.”
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Arthur is dealt a mission from Dutch; get John washed up. It should’ve gone smoothly, but John loves to push for things Arthur isn’t sure he should have. And surely Arthur has enough restraint.
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between breaths [an xx perspective] by Anonymous
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
24 Feb 2025
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Little Johnny Marston strikes out on his very first date. Good thing Arthur's here to show him how to treat a girl.
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07 Jan 2026
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between breaths [an xx perspective] by Anonymous (WorkID: 63142945)
Summary: Little Johnny Marston strikes out on his very first date. Good thing Arthur's here to show him how to treat a girl.
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It's Arthur and John's first Valentine's day together. While John may have forgotten, Arthur plans a simple date. What could go wrong?
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07 Jan 2026
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Wildflowers & Valentines by VelveteenOutlaw (WorkID: 63078856)
Summary: It's Arthur and John's first Valentine's day together. While John may have forgotten, Arthur plans a simple date. What could go wrong?
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"So I say to the man," Arthur slurred loudly, for once in his life seeming to enjoy the attention he was commanding from his friends, "I say, 'well, like I said, I can't stay long.' Felt a little weird in there - you fellers ever seen a sane couple livin' out in the middle of creation?"
Arthur had no shortage of unbelievable stories from his travels, and John had heard a handful. He couldn't recall hearing this story, or at least not yet.
"Don't think I know this one."
So, he joins the small group mingling around the campfire and listens, not realizing the debauchery this choice would lead to.
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- Part 2 of Maker's Mark
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06 Jan 2026
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Liquid Sunshine by CarnalCoast (WorkID: 38624802)
Summary: "So I say to the man," Arthur slurred loudly, for once in his life seeming to enjoy the attention he was commanding from his friends, "I say, 'well, like I said, I can't stay long.' Felt a little weird in there - you fellers ever seen a sane couple livin' out in the middle of creation?"
Arthur had no shortage of unbelievable stories from his travels, and John had heard a handful. He couldn't recall hearing this story, or at least not yet.
"Don't think I know this one."
So, he joins the small group mingling around the campfire and listens, not realizing the debauchery this choice would lead to.
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Arthur’s pinning him by the scruff of his neck, always telling him he’s like a stray cat, he’s a pest, he’s a pain in the ass, and John’s never been the smartest but he’s pretty sure the word for that last one is irony.
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06 Jan 2026
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scuffle by hiljainen (WorkID: 62683921)
Summary: Arthur’s pinning him by the scruff of his neck, always telling him he’s like a stray cat, he’s a pest, he’s a pain in the ass, and John’s never been the smartest but he’s pretty sure the word for that last one is irony.
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Nothing good ever transpires from an argument.
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06 Jan 2026
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Kerfuffle by tinygod (WorkID: 60879049)
Summary: Nothing good ever transpires from an argument.
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ugliness is just a failure of seeing by ralbeleren
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
20 Sep 2024
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All this to say, he's not Arthur's ideal drinking partner. Lenny was the most fun--and at least Bill was dumb as fuck enough to be entertaining when he started a brawl.
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05 Jan 2026
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ugliness is just a failure of seeing by ralbeleren (WorkID: 59074249)
Summary: All this to say, he's not Arthur's ideal drinking partner. Lenny was the most fun--and at least Bill was dumb as fuck enough to be entertaining when he started a brawl.
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It's been Arthur's sole source of attention for a few weeks now. For some godforsaken reason, the sight of John's skin, sun kissed, peppered with freckles, sweaty and… god, it made Arthur feel things. Things he shouldn't be feeling for his fellow gang member.
But he couldn't help it.
One day, he breaks.
(Just some shameless Morston smut!)
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05 Jan 2026
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Fantasies of the skin by Valkat (WorkID: 56896972)
Summary: It's been Arthur's sole source of attention for a few weeks now. For some godforsaken reason, the sight of John's skin, sun kissed, peppered with freckles, sweaty and… god, it made Arthur feel things. Things he shouldn't be feeling for his fellow gang member.
But he couldn't help it.
One day, he breaks.
(Just some shameless Morston smut!)
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They’re having a party for Jack’s safe return, but Arthur can’t seem to get his mind off of John. He thinks maybe drinkin’ himself half to death will let him forget, but unfortunately John had the same idea.
Choose your own adventure! Tags and summaries for each route listed at the bottom of Chapter 1.
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05 Jan 2026
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Canta y no llores by DudesInBio, peniscrimes (WorkID: 56166163)
Summary: They’re having a party for Jack’s safe return, but Arthur can’t seem to get his mind off of John. He thinks maybe drinkin’ himself half to death will let him forget, but unfortunately John had the same idea.
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Arthur spends his days surviving as best he can in the undead-infested remains of New Hanover. Some days, he installs generators and does work on the house. Others, he drinks until he passes out.
Old memories stacked against him, he's willing to accept his sentence to purgatory and eek out an existence in relatively safe solitude. Until one day, the discovery and rescue of another survivor forces him into a different kind of danger.
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02 Jan 2026
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Thaw by blood_clementine (WorkID: 35493445)
Summary: Arthur spends his days surviving as best he can in the undead-infested remains of New Hanover. Some days, he installs generators and does work on the house. Others, he drinks until he passes out.
Old memories stacked against him, he's willing to accept his sentence to purgatory and eek out an existence in relatively safe solitude. Until one day, the discovery and rescue of another survivor forces him into a different kind of danger.
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“C’mon, Arthur, please,” John whispers, “Why you so mad at me?”
“You left,” Arthur says darkly, “Us. All of us.”
“... You?” John leans in, pressing his lips together and squeezing Arthur’s knees again, “You never liked me anyway. Let me trail you like a stupid mutt and laughed when you kicked me.”
“What?” Arthur leans back.
“You knew I liked you,” John says thickly, “I told you.”
“You were drunk, kinda like you are right now,” Arthur says slowly.
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30 Dec 2025
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Beat You To It by orphan_account (WorkID: 39839637)
Summary: “C’mon, Arthur, please,” John whispers, “Why you so mad at me?”
“You left,” Arthur says darkly, “Us. All of us.”
“... You?” John leans in, pressing his lips together and squeezing Arthur’s knees again, “You never liked me anyway. Let me trail you like a stupid mutt and laughed when you kicked me.”
“What?” Arthur leans back.
“You knew I liked you,” John says thickly, “I told you.”
“You were drunk, kinda like you are right now,” Arthur says slowly.
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He breathes in deeply and lets it out through his teeth as Arthur smooths the salve over the bruise, starting at John’s collarbone and working down.
Tender and gentle and John has to close his eyes so he doesn't accidentally meet Arthur's.
This shouldn't get him off, it hurts for one-
For two, Arthur doesn't mean it like that.
The older man's just being generous with that big heart o' his and John's lucky enough to be the recipient.
Arthur's fingers unceremoniously drag the salve over his nipple, across his ribs from his sternum out.
John clenches his hands in the bedroll, trying not to catch fire with how hot he's burning.
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30 Dec 2025
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Salvation by orphan_account (WorkID: 39676857)
Summary: He breathes in deeply and lets it out through his teeth as Arthur smooths the salve over the bruise, starting at John’s collarbone and working down.
Tender and gentle and John has to close his eyes so he doesn't accidentally meet Arthur's.
This shouldn't get him off, it hurts for one-
For two, Arthur doesn't mean it like that.
The older man's just being generous with that big heart o' his and John's lucky enough to be the recipient.
Arthur's fingers unceremoniously drag the salve over his nipple, across his ribs from his sternum out.
John clenches his hands in the bedroll, trying not to catch fire with how hot he's burning.
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"Have you," Arthur presses his lips together before rubbing at his jaw, "Done somethin' like that?"
"No," John says hoarsely, "No, I ain't…"
"S'fine, if you are."
John stares at him, face scrunched in confusion, cheeks still burning red.
"It is," Arthur says gently, "Promise."
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29 Dec 2025
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Confidants by orphan_account (WorkID: 39709389)
Summary: "Have you," Arthur presses his lips together before rubbing at his jaw, "Done somethin' like that?"
"No," John says hoarsely, "No, I ain't…"
"S'fine, if you are."
John stares at him, face scrunched in confusion, cheeks still burning red.
"It is," Arthur says gently, "Promise."