So quick note before you read, I had a lovely person message me about my Arthur Morgan idea so here’s part one!
HighHonor!Arthur Morgan x LowHonorM! Reader Pt.1||
This is really long because I wanted it to build up so enjoy.
When Dutch asked Arthur to pick up one of his buddies to join the gang he didn’t think anything of it. New additions sure, but he didn’t want no trouble. Matter of fact, he never did.
You were looking for an easy loot in strawberry when you heard a gruff voice call your name.
“Hey! You uhh- (Y/N)?” He asked.
“Depends. Why you wanna know?”
“Listen I don’t want no trouble, I just came for a (Y/N) (L/N). My friend Dutch wants to speak to him.”
You hummed.
“Well then, I guess you got yer guy. Me and Dutch are acquaintances. What exactly does he need me for?”
“Dutch wants you to join our community, he-“
“THERE HE IS! THAT'S THE GUY THAT LOOTED MY HORSES CARGO”
Goddamnit. Always at the worst time too.
“Oh fuck! Can we talk about this on our way there??” You ask while sprinting to your horse’s side, hopping onto the saddle.
Before he could answer, you let your horse bolt away while yelling back at him- “Lead the way!”
~Time skip~
“I think we lost em.”
“Good I don’t like shootin’ les I have to.”
“Hm. Whatever you say goody two shoes.”
“And what the hell is that supposed to mean??”
“You don’t like shootin’ folks but yer in a gang…. Yer one of them high honor fuckers aren’t you?” You ready yourself to snatch the pistol out of your holster but Arthur immediately puts his hands up in surrender.
“I already told ya once, I don’t want no trouble. Lemme just take ya to Dutch and you’ll see there ain’t no ill intent.”
“Fine but if you do so much as speak wrong I’ll fuckin’ shoot you with no hesitation”
“I won’t say nuthin’. Let’s go we ain’t far”
~Time Skip~
When Dutch introduced you to everyone, most of them seemed to be ok with you so you decided to stay. When you chose to have dinner, Arthur sat down next to you.
“What do you want?” You asked gruffly.
“I wanted to know if you’d go hunting with me tomorrow. The camp needs some extra food and not everyone is uhh- exactly fond of you yet. It would help them trust you.”
“Wow Dutch actually planned on keepin me? Yeah I guess I’ll go with ya then.”
~Time Skip~
You woke up at about 9:30, it definitely wasn’t the most comfortable sleep but it was better than sleeping away next to waterfalls to hide from bounty hunters. You got up and walked around camp to try and get used to your surroundings. You hear footsteps behind you and you turn to see Arthur with two cups of coffee in his hand.
He asks in a voice more gruffy than usual. “good mornin’ how’d ya sleep?” You took note that he probably just got up.
“Better than a lot of nights actually but I’m still getting used to this.”
“Well we’ll head off at about 10:15 so drink this and then get ready” Arthur said. He handed you your coffee and headed for his tent.
While getting ready to go hunting he couldn’t help but think about you. He felt as if he should impress you and he didn’t know why. Maybe later he’ll take you to the saloon to get a drink.
As Arthur was slipping his boots on he heard heavy footsteps walking up to his tent when he looked up it was you. He looked back down quickly to put his boot on all the way. He could feel his face flush. Looking up at you it was- he was excited. He liked the way you looked at him. The way you looked down at him.
“You ready or what?” You asked, knocking Arthur out of his thoughts.
“Huh?”
“Damn you look lost. ‘I said are you ready’ but you’ve been staring at yer fuckin boots for a good minute and a half.”
“Sorry. Yeah I’m ready. Let’s go.”
You both prepare what you need and hop on your horses. You bring a bow with around 15 arrows, a pistol, and a small hunting rifle. Arthur takes you to an area behind Horseshoe Overlooks campsite and gets off his horse.
“We should continue on foot. The horses make quite a bit of noise.”
“Alright, let’s go then.”
Arthur turns around to get his gear off his horse for only about 30 seconds and by the time he turns back around you’re already gone in plain sight. Fuck. “(Y/N) for fucks sake where are you” Arthur tries to loudly whisper.
“I’m right here dumbass”
For someone so tall and broad you were particularly good at hiding.
“Damnit you scared me”
“Pay attention then jackass”
Wow you’re fucking mean.
“I didn’t even take my eye off you for a full minute and you disappeared!”
“Will you just get down! I already spotted two whitetail bucks but we need to hit them in a vital spot at the same time.”
“Fine.”
Arthur crouches in the tall grass next to you. He can hear your breathing but it’s so slow. He looks at your face and all he can see is concentration. Holy shit you’re handsome.
“Alright, you ready?” You face Arthur and you’re a little surprised to see him already staring at you. You watch him look away quickly as he replies with a quiet “yes”.
“Ok you call and I’ll count. As soon as you get a good shot, tell me and I’ll count us down. Got it?”
“Gotcha”
Arthur whistles and the bucks raise their heads.
“Alright I got a good shot you?”
“Yeah. Ready- 3…2… 1!”
~Time skip~
Heading back to camp with a buck stowed on each horse felt like a big achievement to Arthur. You didn’t seem to care as much as he did but you were happy to be able to have some food.
As you both set the bucks down to Pierson you heard Arthur clear his throat. You turned and before you could ask what he wanted he was already asking if you wanted to go to the saloon with him.
You quickly asked “Is it the Valentine saloon?”
“Yeah why”
“I have a bounty of $5 in Valentine” You said, cringing at your own words.
“Oh- well I’ll give you the money and we can go by the post office first”
“Well then let’s get going”
What the hell. Why is he doing this for you?
~another time skip~
And thats part one guys. I’ll either be posting part two soon so please please stay patient for that! Hope you enjoyed, and the real stuff comes tomorrow >:)
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Low honour Arthur being shitty and misogynistic is so damn uncomfortable. I feel highhonor is meant to be the way they wanted you to play the game, looking at the point or redemption and how much they push being good in the story, so I’m going to ignore all of lowhonor Arthur’s shit and aha that’s not canon. I just feel so gross, cause arthur is kinda the opposite of misogynistic, he’s meant to be really not bigoted, the “I hate everyone equally” is lame and shitty for our time but for 1899?? He snarks at racist and sexist people, he gets angry at that slaver dude in Rhodes, the actions you can control of arthur shows him to be a good dude (well. You know what I mean) it’s just the choices You get to make him do is when he does shit, antagonising people and making the obviously bad choice are the times he’s an asshole. So. Not canon lol fuck that.
My own personal desire for Arthur to be a good man aside, a lot of the missions like you mentioned seem to be written with a higher-honor Arthur in mind. I do think it’s cool that you can sometimes choose to react in a high or low honor manner or sometimes the script changes depending on if he’s high or low at that mission, but for the most part I see him gradually becoming a better version of himself.
Then again, I’ve only ever played high-honor, so I could have missed something.
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