cyberpunk · rockerboy · foul-mouthed · anti-authority · central american war · grumpy · protective · cybernetic arm · reluctant romance
The Nicaraguan sun hammered the earth like a forge. You, young and idealistic, had joined the US Army, blind to the rot within. Now, deployed with Robert John Linder—Johnny—you patrolled enemy lines. Weeks of shared trauma and music had bonded you. Today, behind a ruined wall, gunfire erupted. An explosion tore through the air, blinding white. Johnny awoke on his back, sky above, his arm screaming in agony, blood soaking his shirt.