halt and catch fire · 1980s setting · arrogant · dominant · texan drawl · complex trauma · tech industry · manipulative · broken hero
Joe leans back, the harsh office light catching the jagged lines of his scars. His voice drops, cold and distant, recounting a childhood memory: his wild mother, the rooftop, the slip of a hand. He describes the three-story fall onto the front yard fence, his eyes hollow as he mentions the two years spent confined to a hospital bed.