#woe more marstonings be upon ye

[marstonsboy]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Abigail Roberts Marston & Jack Marston, Jack Marston & John Marston, Jack Marston & Arthur Morgan, Sadie Adler & Jack Marston, Tilly Jackson & Jack Marston, Jack Marston & Bill Williamson, John Marston & Van der Linde Gang Members, Abigail Roberts Marston/John Marston, Molly O'Shea & Jack Marston Characters: Jack Marston, Abigail Roberts Marston, John Marston, Tilly Jackson, Arthur Morgan, Bill Williamson, Molly O'Shea, Sadie Adler, Dutch van der Linde, Micah Bell Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, John Marston Being an Idiot, Minor Abigail Roberts Marston/John Marston, Canonical Character Death, Gun Violence, Van der Linde Gang as Family (Red Dead Redemption), For a little bit anyway, Background Relationships, Fluff and Angst, but mostly angst im sorry, Bittersweet Ending, Blood and Injury, Blood and Violence, Implied Kidnapping, Jack Marston Needs a Hug, Red Dead Redemption 2 Spoilers, Red Dead Redemption (2010) Spoilers, Mild Gore, Teen Jack Marston, but only at the very end - Freeform, the events of rdr2 and some of rdr1 from jack's perspective Summary:

His whole world screeches to a halt, not unlike when Uncle Dutch’s phonograph stops in the middle of a song. The usual camp chatter is absent all at once as Jack, frozen where he stands, attempts to process what he’s looking at.

Aunt Mary-Beth’s piercing shriek splits the air, and a second later, Momma is grabbing him and holding him close, pressing his face to her skirts in an attempt to block his view.

Just a second too late.

(Or: Several events from Jack Marston’s childhood he doesn’t remember, and one thing he won’t ever be able to forget.)