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Charles Smith considered himself many things. Quiet. Intelligent. Dependable to a fault. Occasionally, unintentionally rude. One thing he had never considered himself — physically or otherwise — was weak. Life had trained him too well for that. It had taught him the practiced motions of endurance, the reflexive bracing of the spine before impact, the careful distance one learned to keep from people, places, and hope itself. Complacency was a luxury. Attachment was a liability. When you lived a life as dangerous and unsettled as his, grief was not a question of if, but when — and it was easier not to invite it in at all.
All in all, Charles knew he was strong.
What he did not know — what sat heavy and unanswered in his chest — was whether that strength would be enough to carry the body of a man he cared for deeply down from a mountain.
(Post-Canon fix-it of what could have been if Arthur actually didn’t die on the mountain)
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- Part 1 of What We Carry
Bookmarked by Mae152152
29 May 2026
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I Thought We Were Friends by knivesintheirfeet
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
18 Aug 2025
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It's been weeks since Arthur escaped the O'Driscolls, but he still can't sleep. Not without Charles nearby. Charles is going crazy. He can't bear being in love with his friend. Not when Arthur is in so plainly in love with this Mary woman. The confession could ruin their friendship. Or maybe not...
“You’re leaving?”
Takes a moment for Charles to look up from fiddling needlessly with Taima’s reins. To face Arthur. And speak. “Yeah.”
“You can’t.”
“Arthur.” He says it with a sigh. “You knew I was gonna leave eventually.”
“But I—” I need you, he almost says. “I thought you was taking me with you.”
Charles looks at him so fondly. “I can’t—"
“Was you gonna say goodbye at least?” Arthur knows he sounds more wounded than angry. And he supposes he is.Bookmarked by Mae152152
28 May 2026
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The ring was warm from John’s incessant fidgeting, the stones warped to molten colors in the firelight. Charles had never seen it so close – the thing that Arthur had given to profess his love to another, to ask her to be his – and he could practically feel Arthur’s intentions through the silver, his hopes and terror and devotion. They were the same feelings Charles had felt with Arthur’s fingers curled into his coat, Arthur’s breath warm on his lips the first time they kissed, trudging through two feet of snow outside of Colter. The timing was terrible but the intention was true, and in that moment Charles had known that he was doomed to fall in love with Arthur Morgan.
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John comes to Charles with a request, asking his permission to propose to Abigail with Arthur’s ring.Bookmarked by Mae152152
28 May 2026
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“What are your thoughts on family, Cassiopeia?”
“I… I think it’s important. To have one. Even when it’s not easy.”
Cassiopeia is nine years old when she meets Arthur Morgan. He’s a strange man, who seems to have seen many things and lost even more. He helps her after she got out of the worst part of her life, and she welcomes him in her heart.
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- Part 1 of Cassiopeia R. Morgan Smith
Bookmarked by Mae152152
27 May 2026
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You Give Me Cause for Love that I Can't Hide by o7ymandias for LindauLane
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
23 Mar 2023
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After Arthur's incident with the O'Driscolls, Charles begins to accompany him on his adventures outside camp with the intention of keeping an eye on him. Soon, he discovers just how danger-prone Arthur is and begins to question both of their places in the gang.
Bookmarked by Mae152152
27 May 2026