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He used to imagine what it’d be like to die in the suit. Alerts would sound and reverberate in his skull. He can't decide whether it'd be cold and cruel, or maybe it'd be warm if he gave in to it. Robert's not like that, though; he fights even when he shouldn't.
“And what do you feel when you imagine that, dying in the suit like your father did?” A voice filters slowly through the space like the faint stream of incense wafting up into the air. Robert watches it fizzle out to nothing, silently praying it’ll accidentally set off the fire alarms.
“Like I’m dying,” he says, flat and dry to match the deadpan stare he gives her.
Unsurprisingly, SDN’s mental health services are well-intended but ultimately useless.
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As Torrance and SDN struggle to re-build, Mandy and Robert do as well.
(Mandy and Robert struggle and grow alongside each other post-Shroud)
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The Unreliability of Men's Promises by dazednstoned
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
15 Jun 2026
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Girls like Abigail aren't supposed to think. They get on their knees and moan with their heads empty. John Marston's got her thinking, though.
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Important moments from Abigail Roberts and John Marston's turbulent relationship spanning from 1894 to 1907. -
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“I don’t know that my dad would be proud,” Robert says carefully, words even and plain like his relationship with his father was simple. “I don’t know if he would if I killed Shroud or not. I guess it’s hard to say if you never really knew someone.”
Mandy softens at the admission, her palm lifting between them to cradle his face. Days-old stubble pricks her skin as her thumb rubs along the curve of his jaw. Robert's fingers latch loosely around her wrist, keeping her there with him. She makes no move to retreat from him as his eyes flutter shut and a low exhale puffs from his lips.
Get up. The stiff, rough voice of Robert "Robbie" Robertson II reverberates in Robert's skull as everything slows.
“I’m proud of you,” she says, so firm and sure that it’s hard not to believe her.
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As members of the Red Ring linger in Torrance following the final battle with Shroud, a mission goes awry when a kid gets caught in the crossfire. Robert struggles to get back up. Mandy's there, because she always is. (Inspired by issue 3)
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Following Shroud's imprisonment, Mandy and Robert take a moment together to rebuild.
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Mandy was perched on the hood of the car still, knees tucked against her chest as she observed the chaos float right by her for once. No reporters badgered her for statements or blinded her with the flash of their cameras. It was just Mandy stripped down to her plain gym wear and brown hair.“Plans?” She arched a questioning brow. Robert’s slight smile was mirrored in her own as he reached down to scratch behind Beef’s ear. Among all the chaos, she steadied him so easily with just a look.
“We never did get around to that second date.” Robert slipped his hands into the pockets of his slacks as a lazy shrug rolled through his shoulders.
“Are you really trying to ask me out right now?” Mandy’s cheeks drew up with her lips as she stared up at him in disbelief.
“Is now a bad time?”
“The entire city was just on fire and you just got shot, so I’d say yeah.” She paused before softening. “Ask me tomorrow.”
“I will,” Robert said, and meant it.
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When they part for a moment, shallow breaths puffing from ruddy and swollen lips, Robert, without thinking, admits through a heavy exhale, “This is it.”
“Huh?” Her lips pull to one side into an amused smirk, her brow lifting with the motion. Her hand hovers over his scarred chest, unsure before shaking off any uncertainty and planting her palm against his chest. Delicate fingers splay along his collarbone, the warmth of her touch bleeding into him and slowing his breathing.
“This,” he nods between them, “This is the best part of my day,” he says softly, no dry sarcasm dimming his words for once.
“Sex?” She frowns. Robert laughs, and it's all in his chest, making her soften and smile.
“Well, no, I mean coming home with you and being Robert and Mandy.” It hits him then, how much he wants all of it, the laundry and the cooking and the stripped-down versions of themselves that have no masks or heavy metal to conceal anything. “At the end of the day, I just want Mandy.”
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Mandy really does climb the leaderboard of Robert's top five things.
(Mandy and Robert find a sense of normalcy, stability, and routine with each other)
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Phthonus; the personified spirit of envy; concerned with the jealous passions of love.
Invisigal wants him to see her. Invisigal sees only him, and his eyes that want another.
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30 Jun 2026
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Snow shows up at Bigby's apartment looking for a place where no one will ask anything of her. Instead, she finds someone willing to listen.
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14 Jun 2026
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On their anniversary, Robert and Mandy leave their daughter with Courtney for the night. Courtney fully intends to survive the experience with her dignity intact. The baby, unfortunately, has other plans.
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19 Apr 2026
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Look, we are not unspectacular things. We’ve come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more?
Or: after the fight against the Red Ring, December slows the city down, softens it. Without realizing it, so do Robert and Mandy.
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14 Apr 2026
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Robert struggles with the adjustment of returning to the Mecha Man identity after becoming comfortable in a life away from the pressure of family legacy and all that entails.
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22 Feb 2026