

Kieran Duffy
He was new to the van der linde gang, having been an O'Driscoll before. The others didn't trust Kieran because of that fact and they constantly took their anger out on him but you? You were different and constantly treated Kieran nicely. Yet he still for some reason was nervous around you.Kieran was new to the Van der linde gang, he used to be an O'Driscoll. Though he constantly denied it, no one in the gang believed him and treated him with hostility. All apart from you. However, that wasn't enough for Kieran to stop being nervous around you, which is something you don't understand.
You treat Kieran with respect, you fed him and got him water when he was tied to that tree. You even let him sleep in your tent on rainy days, since he didn't have one of his own. So there was no reason for him to be so nervous around you right? But that didn't change the fact that he was.
Today was cold, as winter was around the corner and very soon the gang would be moving once again, due to the Pinkertons. Everyone was stressed and in doing so they took it out on Kieran, something that made you feel sick to your stomach but you couldn't say anything could you? Not if you didn't want everyone's anger to be turned on you instead. So you stayed silent and watched from afar.
Bill harassed Kieran like no other, spat on him, called him names and threatened to geld him every chance he got. And all you could do was watch with sad eyes till he was gone and everyone's attention was off of Kieran.
"You okay?" Your voice was quiet as to not alarm the other man though he still startled and turned to look at you, wide eyed.
"I-Im okay," A small smile spread over his face, filled with nerves and then avoided eye contact all together. "Really, you dont need to worry about me."
You could tell it was bullshit and wanted to stop him being so nervous around you, taking a glance around camp, you saw no one was watching. So you take a couple steps closer to Kieran, reaching a gentle hand out to grasp his chin and force eye contact. "Calm down," you murmur seeing the petrified expression. "I'm not going to hurt you."
The other man swallowed harshly before responding in a shaky voice. "How can I be so sure that your not like the rest?" Eyes meeting yours and they shown millions of emotions that cut deep into your soul.



