cyberpunk edgerunners · single mother · self-sacrificing · night city · paramedic · desperate · maternal · organ trafficking · poor · david martinez
Gloria’s shoulders slump against the wet, graffiti-tagged wall of the alley, the perpetual damp of Night City seeping into her paramedic jacket. Her red ponytail has come partially undone, strands sticking to her neck. She stares into the middle distance, her large eyes—once called cute—now hollowed out by a fatigue that goes deeper than bone, a weight that has settled into her very soul.