17 Works in Hosea Matthews and Dutch van der Linde are Arthur Morgan's Parents
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Everything Always, Again and Again by Local_EggBoy
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
23 Oct 2025
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Kieran finds himself between life and death, talking with a man who doesn’t seem to be a man at all. He’s given a chance to save those who need saving, to prevent deaths that need preventing, and to love those he couldn’t before, but can he? Does he even want to?
He wakes up in the grizzlies about to be kidnapped once again by the Van Der Linde gang. He’s running out of time to decide what he wants.
Throughout his struggle he learns things he never thought he would ever learn, deals with the demons of his past, and forms new bonds.
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kierthur time travel fix-it and also Kieran is kind of a badass…oops?:)
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Selfishness and Broken Knuckles by Bhaals_Favorite_Son
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
19 Oct 2025
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Arthur was still fighting.
Charles was too selfish to stop fighting now.Charles turns back and follows the path of bodies up the mountain. He finds Arthur, broken and still, on the bloodied rock face. Through his grief, he realizes Arthur Morgan lived, despite all odds. Now, Charles finds himself fighting an uphill battle to get ahead of both Arthur's sickness and his own selfish thoughts. He tried to put the softer feelings for the cowboy aside, it wasn't as important as getting him help, but then Charles finds a leatherbound journal that holds more than drawings of flowers.
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Railway Consequences by Stream0fConsciousness
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
29 Sep 2025
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Train stations were an open book to outlaws like Dutch Van Der Linde and Hosea Matthews, a book of expected outcomes when you’re an outlaw long in the making… however how will the two react to a plot twist they’d never experienced before: Arthur Morgan.
Aka: Dutch and Hosea meet a little thief called Arthur Morgan
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"... Come save us from ourselves," Hosea mutters lowly. As if he isn't one of the worse sinners of this motley crew. As if he wasn't just as ruthless as the worst of them. Hidden behind a thin veneer of kindness, softness hiding burnished steel. His lips twitch up. His revolver arm rises, aims steady. And his finger twitches.
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Dutch van der Linde hasn't a clue where his life is leading or what the future holds. Thus far he's been content robbing, conning, and never, ever, being the savior. However, when he and Hosea stumble upon a fourteen-year-old street pup named Arthur Morgan, a new plan begins to form as they strive for bigger scores and, somehow, also pick up a ramshackled little family.
Or, a completely canon compliant tracing of the Van der Linde gang from Arthur's first meeting with Dutch and Hosea through to Blackwater.
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“When you are favored by God, you are also favored by devil.” by SomebodyLovesSnow
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
17 Apr 2025
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Andrew Milton somehow pisses off a rich man by trying to help people. As a result, he joins the Van der Linde gang. He may or may not be losing his sanity.
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Arthur stared at nothing in particular. He was sitting on his cot, in camp for once. His vision was blurry and he couldn’t focus on anything. How long have they been at Horseshoe Overlook? How long has he been in camp? Days were blurring together and he couldn’t keep track of time anymore. It was getting worse and he wasn’t sure what to do.
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you're on your own, kid you always have been by DeanWinchesterIsBabyGirlCoded
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
25 Nov 2024
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Dutch claimed it was going to be a simple stage coach job, but per usual Hosea isn't quite as confident as he is.
Or, the story of how Dutch and Hosea found and took in a scrawny teenager by the name of Arthur morgan.
This is the first thing I ever wrote for rdr2 and the first thing I wrote in a really long time but I kind of hated it so it just sat unused in my notes app for a million years. Please lmk any constructive criticism but I tried my best🙏
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Grown men team together to defeat Italian mafioso by Strawberryette
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
10 Nov 2024
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“Hosea?” Arthur calls out from somewhere in the house.
“Yes?” Hosea removes his head from the cabinet beneath the sink, the pipe’s been leaking for quite some time now.
“They’re at it again.”
That one sentence alone seems to suck out any hopes of a normal Sunday. Closing his eyes briefly, Hosea prays for patience and strength before getting up to see the damage.
Or: Dutch, Hosea and Arthur finally get a place of their own. It all goes wrong when Colm O'driscoll moves in next door.
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'But then something caught Dutch’s eye, however since Dutch was much taller then Hosea, so he had a tough time figuring out what made Dutch stop.
After a minute or so, Dutch took a few steps forward. Hosea then squeezed around him, and eventually got in front of him. He then saw it himself. A body lay in front of a crib, a gun in one hand, and a letter in another. However Hosea, carefully, stepped over the body to look into the crib, he was truly expecting the worst. However, with his lantern in hand, he looked down and saw two bright, and very much alive, eyes staring at him.'
Or Dutch and Hosea find a baby Arthur and take him in.
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Won’t You Kiss Me on the Mouth and Love Me Like a Sailor by Grrabage
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
06 Sep 2024
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Hosea loves Bessie. He really does. But he also loves Dutch. God, does he love Dutch. But Dutch doesn’t want to accept he loves Hosea. Because after all, he’s a man. He has responsibilities. He can’t be some sinner.
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What if the remaining boys made it back to camp before they left for Guarma? Arthur gets the chance to say goodbye to Hosea, and in his grief is able to come to his senses about a few things. Things that took him a little bit longer to see when he didn’t get the chance to mourn one of the only fathers he’s ever known.
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After Sean's return party, Arthur Morgan looks forward to getting out of camp for awhile, getting back on the road to hunt and explore and get the peace and quiet he doesn't get when he's with the others. Charles asks to join him. And Arthur finds he can't say no.
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- Part 2 of always gold
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snowstorms make for bad company by ASDnightmare
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
03 Oct 2023
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Young Arthur keeps watch in a cabin somewhere up in mountains. It's winter, it's cold, there's a storm. Arthur don't handle it well
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- Part 3 of RDR2 Whumptober 2023
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Kieran didn’t think his place into the Van Der Linde gang would be decided by the leader’s young son, Arthur, but the world seems to work in odd ways.
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It’s their first robbery since adopting Arthur. Dutch is entirely exhilarated but Hosea… Hosea doesn’t seem to feel the same.
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Ghosts of Futures, Ghosts of Pasts by cowboybatman
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
27 Jan 2021
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'Micah Bell fell to the ground: his posture unceremonious, what was left of his head bloodied, and -- most importantly -- his chest still.'
After Blessed Are the Peacemakers, Micah reveals he is a rat and is killed by Dutch. Once they return to camp, Arthur discovers some figures from his past he thought long gone, and the road ahead looks even more uncertain.
My first fic published in about two years -- I'm a bit rusty, but hope you enjoy!