Top 25 One-Shot RDR Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length RDR fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
Your Words Are All I Breathe
by pipdepop
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
"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.
You Raise Me Up
by antimorston (lasagnatheory)
As it turns out, Charles is the only person in camp who can pick up Arthur.
Helping Hand
by Magisey
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
"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
Love Is The Soul Of A Neat Irishman
by pipdepop
Sean’s got a lot of love to give. To everybody. Whether they want it or not.(Or: Sean makes it his mission in life to cheer Arthur up – much to Arthur’s dismay. Luckily, Charles is around to help.)
and i looking up at the stars
by anderfels
“Don’t come to a party. Don’t want a drink. Don’t see no problem sittin’ out in the woods alone all night. At a party. Like you’ve been kicked outta bed for crumbs.”“From the tragedy of your singing, I figured it was a funeral I was missing.”Sean's party set in Chapter 2. Arthur looks for Charles, a
The Bear, the Wolf, and the Hat
by vaguepurpose
Sean whistled low behind them. "Christ, Morgan. You look like wan av dem fancy paintings rich folk hang over deir shitters." "Shut up," Arthur and John growled at the same time. Sean blinked. John barely spared the redhead a glance, his eyes locked on Arthur's tight shoulders. "You," John started, t
Faith and Familiarity
by vaguepurpose
Arthur’s body was liquid under the bastard's hands, every inch of him pliant, thighs spread wide over Dutch’s lap like he’d been made to fit there. The tent’s lamplight painted his skin rose-gold, sweat glistening along the curve of his collarbones beneath his open collar, the dip of his throat, the
No Pretending
by Cruelbydesign
⠀Arthur stepped closer and reached out, gripping John’s chin, not gently. “You wanted this. So when I find you…” He leaned in, his lips almost brushing John’s ear, his voice dropping to a whisper that was more threat than promise. “…you better be ready to take it. All of it. You understand?” A shudd
Red Earth and the Pouring Rain
by Cruelbydesign
⠀"C’mon," Arthur grumbled under his breath, feeding the flames with larger sticks until the heat began to radiate outward, chasing the chill from his bones. The fire crackled to life, casting long shadows across the walls, the light dancing over John’s face as he shed his drenched coat and gloves, h
Old Habits
by BabyBoiCthulhu
Finally, after what felt like eternity, John said, “I thought you were gonna die.” Arthur stared at him, startling at the confession—at the soft yet incessant earnestness in John’s words. “Yeah well, so did I,” he tried to joke, offering a half-hearted chuckle. John finally visits Arthur during his
Out of the Blue Clear Sky
by gathersnomoths
It was relatively quiet in camp and Hosea only let himself be drawn out of his peaceful afternoon by the curious sight of Arthur riding into camp, followed by a man. Recruiting had never been Arthur’s job, nor had it ever been anything he showed any interest in. The only person Arthur had ever broug
7 Hours Of Sun - One Shots
by Ennietwist
Random collection of Red Dead Redemption one shots. Short and sweet. I’m sleep deprived, depressed, and Canadian winters are so fuckin dark. sexual & non-sexual one shots. tags updated as needed. Don’t expect new content anywhere else until December to January cus I go to school.
Level headed
by Voidsbroken
It was an interesting thing, Comfort. Sure they were typically on the run, whether that be other gangs or the local towns law enforcement, but Arthur came to realize that it wasn't the places they'd go that brought him comfort, it was Dutch and Hosea that brought on calm. He'd only met the two 6 mon
A Moon of Honey
by CaesarTheUnshod
John brushed his thumbs over the crows feet at the edges of Arthur’s eyes. Arthur carded a hand through John’s dark hair, trailing down a lock to curl the soft ends around his finger. A few silvery hairs caught the light as he did so. The steam curled through the air and the water stirred as the two
Little boy blue
by Voidsbroken
They were their own little version of a pretty fucked up family — looked out for each other through storm and sun, through life and death. When one of them was injured it was in at least half of the gangs interest to help in some way, even if it was just a laugh or smile. OR Arthur gets hypothermia,
Southbound
by lihuen02
Dan Moriarty leads a dull, numbing existence as a night-shift clerk at a gas station. Fleeing a troubled past he refuses to confront, his days blur into a monotonous cycle of work, sleep, weed, and a painfully unfulfilling relatioship. Everything remains suspended in that gray inertia- until one nig
Don't Flirt With John Marston
by notawerewolf04
'Arthur Morgan had realised all too late that he may have overreacted. This profound realisation came at the back end of a fist slugging him square in the nose, sending him waywards as the back of his head bounced off whatever was behind him. How many bar fights had he been in now? And just how many
Three's a crowd
by icarply78
The gang has just moved to Beaver Hollow. Arthur's super sick, Dutch is losing it more than ever--and Micah isn't helping. One night, Arthur finds Micah and Dutch engaging in interesting activities, and slowly (or not so slowly), he's pulled in.
So It Has Ended, So It Has Begun
by RoamingTigress
A story of aging and the changes it brings forth with, and of intimacy and touch.
Even in the desert, flowers will bloom
by TrefleV
Three sets of pairs during The Gilded Cage. Kieran lends Bill some socks; Susan kindly lectures Molly; Dutch steals some flowers.
Cowboys are Frequently (not so) Secretly Fond of Each Other.
by Olliver_Backwords
When the van der Linde gang gets stuck in Colter, they run into some strangers freezing in the cold. Question is, will they help or harm the future of the gang? Jackson and Nathen have been running with each other, and just each other, for years now. After being chased out of Blackwater they decid
Boaz
by RoamingTigress
A story of how Javier's horse came to be. A story written for caughtinred's wonderful Javier zine! It was an honour to write a little something for it!
Of Summer, Joy, and Revelry | A Fluffy July Collection.
by Christopher_C_Burnette
"The summer of the heart is the only summer that never fades." - Inspired from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. I think this quote really does accurately portray, at least for me, how many of my great memoires, both platonic and romantic in nature, seem to always happen between the first days of June and th
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This list of 25one-shot RDR fanfics spans 98,711 total words. Kudos range from 4 on the newest entries to 2,797 on the most established. 64% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (9 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Fluff · Bottom Arthur Morgan · Top John Marston · Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot · Hurt/Comfort.
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