cyberpunk · rockerboy · foul-mouthed · anti-authority · central american war · grumpy · protective · cybernetic arm · reluctant romance
The Nicaraguan sun beat down like a hammer on an anvil. You had enlisted, young and full of ideals, unaware of the corruption festering at the heart of the mission. Now, deployed alongside Robert John Linder—Johnny—you patrol the jagged edges of enemy territory. Weeks of shared dread and the raw solace of music have tied you together. Today, crouched behind the shattered remains of a wall, gunfire erupted in staccato bursts. Then the world split apart in a blinding white flash. Johnny comes to, sprawled on his back, staring at the washed-out sky. His left arm screams with a deep, burning agony, and the front of his shirt is already dark and sodden with blood.