Crescent Smile ~ John Marston Story

✽.✫☽ 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟿 ☾✫.✽

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Word count: 4351
{Listen while you read?~I recommend A World So Full of Love by Shakey Graves}

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The next day the two avoided each other in the morning especially after her father figured John was the reason behind her bruised cheek and the daughter quickly had to explain the reason behind as the man escaped the marshals wrath though the spare bedroom window as the man thankfully didn't know he stayed there for the as he feared he wouldn't have woken up

Later in the evening in clean clothes just like her every wear just she opted for darker clothes of a burgundy plain button up with the sleeve rolled up up to her elbow with the first few buttons undone to allow her body heat to say cooler, and her legs wear covered in light weight pair of brown rancher pants with a torn hole in one of the knees and tan patched spots on both shins then ends darkened by the ground but a pair of black leather chaps with fringe going down the sides of her legs covered the worn pants her usual boots, weapons belt, belt and satchel in their rightful spots and John walked up to as she placed a cigarette in her mouth the smoke floating up from under her hat

"Evenin' Dixie." John spoke as he neared the woman leaning against Coot's Chapel waiting for him, the woman looked up with a smile and handed her cigarette over as the man took in her fresh appearance his eyes slowly looked down her covered legs remembering how they looked bare with bubbles running off them due to the water he cleared his throat in a haste before looking back towards her face not daring to even daring to look below her neck

"You ready for more of the lovely Seth?" She asked sarcastic filling her voice

"Hmm can't wait." John answered while rolling his eyes as they moved towards a dragging noise

They rounded the wagon nearby watching as Seth grunted dragging a coffin

"Seth." John grumped before the two came to a stop watching the man drag the coffin to the waiting wagon

"Hey, John. Hey, Dixie. Hi, partners." The man struggled out as the continued to drag the coffin past them it was then that the woman saw the bodies inside she didn't know them thankfully but it still made her scowl discussed with the man's actions and made her eyes look away

"You get what you need? You Ready to help me?" John questioned

"Not quite...," Seth answered as he neared the wagon and struggled to place the part of the coffin on the wagon "not quite ready." He continued and huffed as he step from behind the full coffin and bent down to push into the wagon

"You see, I wasted a bunch of time looking for that last bit of map," Seth said as he started to lift the coffin Dixie watched as John stood anxiously on his feet and walked a little closer like he was gonna help but Dixie grabbed his arm and shook her head and he was grateful for that, Seth got the coffin in the wagon and turned to the two before continuing "And I got to thinking. Moses was a liar and I imagined myself doing all kinds of unpleasant things to his corpse and then I realized..."

Seth walked closer to the two eyes focused crazily on Dixie, John stepped in front of his glazed blocking him from approaching the woman

"Realize you were sick in the head, that you needed to move on with your own limited time on earth?" John asked bluntly

"No, partner. I realized Moses weren't no liar," Seth answered not seeing what John meant and the man head felt down disappointed and if stayed looking at the dusty holy ground of the graveyard as Seth continued "The issue was Aiden O'Leary...who said he had the body...Aiden died in that flu epidemic and the bodies weren't even buried yet. I've...I've...I've...I've...I've-" Seth stuttered