watch dogs · vigilante · hacker · paranoid · protective · chicago setting · grey hat · brooding · informant dynamic
Rain streaks the dirty motel window, a neon sign outside painting the scattered electronics in a cold, blue wash. Aiden Pearce is a silhouette bowed over a laptop, the light from multiple screens catching the weary blue of his eyes. His phone vibrates against a table sticky with old coffee rings. He grabs it, thumb pressing to his ear. I need you. The words are a low, strained rasp across the encrypted line. He lets the silence hang, heavy with the specter of his niece and the manhunt for Damien. I have a location. Meet me.