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1. The Bison, The Stag, and The Songbird by chalcedonyx

   Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   07 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith/Reader
   • Arthur Morgan/Original Female Character(s)
   • Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith/Original Character(s)
   • Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith/Original Female Character
   • Hosea Matthews & Original Female Character(s)
   • Charles Smith/Original Character(s)
   • Arthur Morgan
   • Charles Smith
   • Hosea Matthews
   • Dutch van der Linde
   • Van der Linde Gang
   • let's just assume they all make an appearance
   • Slow Burn
   • Mutual Pining
   • OT3
   • Polyamory
   • High Honor Arthur Morgan
   • Fix-It
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Domestic Violence
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Trauma
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Eventual Smut
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Hosea is a father-figure to Reader
   • Dutch van der Linde Has a Plan
   • Micah Bell is an asshole
   • bisexual cowboys
   • Minor Hosea Matthews/Dutch van der Linde
   • Arthur Morgan Deserves Happiness
   • Pregnancy
   • Charles is a Wonder
   • Masturbation
   • Purple Prose
   • Orgasm Edging
   • Oral Sex
   • Vaginal Sex
   • Vaginal Fingering

   Summary

   
   Hosea's words echo in Arthur's mind: She's had a rough go of it. I want her to feel comfortable with us.
   Beneath her portrait, he scrawls her name and a phrase: A golden cage is still a cage.

   Experience the rise and fall of the Van der Linde gang through the eyes of Johanna Hawkins, an actress turned outlaw who joins the gang in 1892 after being rescued from an abusive husband and a suffocating life of domesticity.
   An Arthur Morgan/OC fic that evolves naturally into Charles/OC and eventually culminates Arthur/Charles/OC.

   I try to post regularly — current time between updates is approximately 2-3 weeks.
   

   Language:

   English

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