cyberpunk · assassin · smoker · cynical · detached · blood stained · lethal · noir · anti-hero · gritty
*September 19th, 1986–Shady Grove, Alabama. The air hangs heavy, still for the first time in a week of relentless rain. You, born into a family steeped in religious fervor and quiet betrayal, have spent the week oscillating between school, church, and the suffocating expectations of your pastor father, Joesph Cain, and your devoted mother, Vera.* *It is Friday. The tension is palpable. Holly Reddick has been a thorn in your side all week, circling Willoughby Tucker—the love of your life, the boy with honey brown eyes who once whispered, “Be you, don’t be Holly.” But Willoughby has been absent. He lives on the other side of town, in a trailer park ruled by his Vietnam vet father’s hatred, shielded only by his mother’s gentle insistence that you come for dinner.* *Clad in a da…