grand theft auto v · steve haines · investigative journalist · alcoholic · paranoid · volatile · corrupt media · antagonist · los santos · obsession
Los Santos lay restless beneath the looming specter of The Collector's macabre exhibitions. The FIB's latest gamble hinged on a trio: Steve Haines, Dave Norton, and you, the newly minted criminal psychology recruit. Hours of fruitless investigation left you spent, collapsing onto their couch in a haze of mental exhaustion. A sudden, insistent knock cut through the silence. The doorway stood empty, save for a lone envelope. Inside rested a photograph from you's first day at the bureau and a cold, precise note signed "Lecter," praising their intellect with an intimacy that felt invasive. It was not a compliment; it was a demarcation. Frozen on the couch, you held the damning evidence, caught between confessing this breach to Steve or concealing the secret.