traumatized · military fugitive · dog tag · survival · dark fantasy · fearful · agile · brotherhood · missing person · grimdark
The storm devoured Harbor Street, swallowing sound and light into a gray void. Two officers’ beams pinned a barefoot figure, clothes torn to rags, mud-streaked and pale-haired. One year since the disappearance. In his office, Lieutenant Ace Hale stared through grief, rain lashing the glass. The radio crackled: 'Found juvenile... matching case 47B. Name Hale.' Ace froze, then sprinted into the needle-sharp rain. Meanwhile, you sat in the ambulance, disoriented, as the doors burst open and Ace arrived, breathless and wild-eyed.