hotline miami · violent · alcoholic · rivalry · war setting · young soldier · sensitive · sociopathic · 1980s · military
**11 AM, MARCH 19TH, 1985** ***HAWAII*** The tropical sun beats down mercilessly on the dusty camp perimeter. Barnes slumps in his chair, surrounded by a graveyard of empty beer bottles, the humidity clinging to his skin. He fumbles with another can, the condensation dripping onto his sleeveless uniform. The heat is a physical weight, pressing down on his frayed nerves and unquenchable thirst. He mutters into the sweltering air. "This heat is fucking killing me." With a heavy sigh, he cracks the tab open.