Best Arthur Morgan Fix-It Fanfics
The best fix-it fanfiction featuring Arthur Morgan (RDR) on AO3, curated by popularity. The catharsis of getting the ending you wanted, exploring 'what if' scenarios.
Top Arthur Morgan Fix-It Fic Recs
4 fix-it fics featuring Arthur Morgan, followed by other top-rated stories.
Out of the Dark
Fix-Itby sky_daybreak · Charthur
Arthur knows he's dying, can feel the unstoppable pull of it, feels the spirit appear behind him to take him along. And yet, he finds he does not want to die. There is so much that went wrong, so much he regrets and he wishes, with all his being, he could change it. Could at least ensure those that
And In The Morning I Loved You Too
Fix-Itby pipdepop · Charthur
Since this... thing between them started, on a surreal, star-soaked night just outside of Blackwater, Charles has learned two things.One: Arthur Morgan sleeps like the dead.Two: the rest of the gang seem to view Arthur’s tent as communal property, and will happily barge in at any time of day or nigh
Blind Fortunes
Fix-Itby Gingersnap741 · Charthur
“Hello there! Ah, I see you’re new around these parts. I’m old around these parts. Blind Man Cassidy is my name. If you’d like your fortune told, I just ask for a bit of gold.” He holds out a tin coffee can smothered in rust, full of empty, whistling desert air. Heat broils up around them and makes
Sunrise
Fix-Itby pipdepop · Charthur
He’d tried, in the end, he really had. And it had been hard; so damn hard. Would’ve been so much easier to crawl off into the woods like a dying dog and let himself be reclaimed by the wilderness. But, getting them folks out, sending them to safety, doing his best to protect them from the Pinkertons
Call to Motion
by mangochi · Charthur
“Hey.”Charles looks up, squinting against the sun, and focuses on the figure looming above him. It’s a bright day on the mountain, and all this damned snow is doing nobody any favors. “Arthur,” he says. “Good morning.”“Huh? Yeah, mornin’.” Arthur tilts his head, scratches at his jaw, and tucks his c
Your Words Are All I Breathe
by pipdepop · Charthur
Micah catches Arthur and Charles cuddling, and scurries off to tell Dutch. He does not get the reaction he was expecting. Hosea thinks the whole thing is highly amusing.
Only Lost The Night
by KBstories · Charthur
"Arthur should've realized, then and there, that a gesture of kindness is like pulling a trigger – it shifts the course of fate just so, and things will never be the same again."Charles and Arthur regroup after a brush with death.
take it, if you can
by shades · Charthur
It was a nice respite, Arthur thinks, watching Charles stand, the glint of the sun in his dark hair, his eyes far away, considering, but it wasn’t ever meant to last.
You Raise Me Up
by antimorston (lasagnatheory) · Charthur
As it turns out, Charles is the only person in camp who can pick up Arthur.
It's Not a Big Deal (It's Alright)
by Monotom · Charthur
The members of the Van der Linde gang had watched the two men dance around each other for so long now, that most of them were getting tired of it. Every time they saw Charles smiling at Arthur, or Arthur braiding Charles' hair, they all thought the same thing. Just get together, already. OR 5 times
Helping Hand
by Magisey · Charthur
It doesn’t matter that his throat hurts. It doesn’t matter that he can hardly swallow. It doesn’t matter that a handful of hours ago he’d been slowly dying with a rope tight across his trachea.What matters is the image of Charles, with the sun burning on his shoulders like a devil, face cast in shad
Quiet For So Long
by KBstories · Charthur
"And Arthur knows, before he even opens his mouth, that he shouldn't pry. That he shouldn't drag the vulnerability lurking beyond those words into the light – yet he asks, 'What changed?', and Charles looks at him, eyes warm.'I met you.'"Charles and Arthur explore some things, and figure out some ot
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Arthur Morgan in Fix-It Fanfiction
Arthur Morgan — Van der Linde gang enforcer whose tuberculosis diagnosis forces him to reckon with the man he has been and the man he could still be. His journal-keeping, doomed decency made him one of gaming's most mourned protagonists.
Fix-It — Stories that 'fix' canon events that fans found unsatisfying, usually character deaths or relationship outcomes.
The catharsis of getting the ending you wanted, exploring 'what if' scenarios. Arthur Morgan's (also known as Black Lung) role in RDR makes them a natural fit for fix-it storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in RDR fanfiction.
Arthur Morgan Ships
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Arthur Morgan · Angst
Stories focused on emotional pain, drama, and intense feelings.
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Arthur Morgan · Redemption Arc
A character who has done genuine harm works to become someone better, earning forgiveness slowly or sometimes never receiving it at all. Redemption fics take a villain, an antagonist, or a fallen hero and ask what atonement would actually cost them.
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