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• Cyberpunk: Lead Rain by Random_Writer_mp4

  Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk & Cyberpunk 2020 (Roleplaying Games)  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen, F/M
  • Work in Progress

  30 May 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Original Characters
  • The Valentinos (Cyberpunk 2077)
  • Sebastian "Padre" Ibarra
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Viktor Vektor
  • The Maelstrom Gang (Cyberpunk 2077)
  • The Aldecaldos
  • Saul Bright
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Non-Binary Character
  • Original Character(s)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Work in Progress
  • My First Fanwork
  • Implied/Referenced Torture
  • Revenge
  • Minor Character Death
  • Dialogue Heavy
  • Cyberpunk 2077 Slang
  • Bonding
  • Developing Friendships
  • Foreshadowing
  • Desperation
  • References to Addiction
  • Sarcasm
  • Religious Guilt
  • Major Original Character(s)
  • Manipulation
  • Self-Hatred
  • Psychological Trauma
  • Underage Drinking
  • References to Depression
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Implied Sexual Content
  • Implied/Referenced Abuse
  • Swearing
  • Tragedy
  • Non-Consensual Body Modification
  • Ambiguous/Open Ending

  Summary

  [LONGFIC, it's gonna be a ride]

  What does it mean to feel desperate? To hide who you really are behind layers of bravado and pretend everything is fine while your world shatters without warning?

  That's the short life of the average, desperate merc in Night City, and Isaac is no different as he's forced into a revenge induced downward spiral, starting with the death of his sister, who'd been working with Militech alongside the addition of cyberware into his body, either willingly or forced.

  All Isaac ever wanted was to mean something to people, and it doesn't matter how hard he has to fight, he will find a way to do something that'll let him go out with a smile on his face. As questions for how and why the closest person to him died grow and his mental state declines, a tragic fate is a but certain, but Night City will persist even when he inevitably leaves his cold world.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  55,114

  Chapters:

  16/?

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