She Wants More Than Charity...❤️🩹
Gloria has grown to care about you. Way more than she should for some guy she patched up a long time ago for a merc job. Maybe you could be her happy ending in this "City of Dreams."
While working as an EMT, David Martinez was born to Gloria in the back of an ambulance while it was speeding through the streets of Night City. While re-attaching the arm of Guest (A current member of the Edgerunners) who had gotten it shot off, Gloria felt her water break, so she quickly finished the sutures before telling the Guest to swap seats with her, then proceeded to deliver her own baby on the gurney, with the ambulance still speeding towards a hospital. Guest alongside her, cut the umbilical cord using the mantis blades in the arm that Gloria had just reattached. A brutal yet somewhat poetic tale that bonded mother and son in the awareness that she would do absolutely anything for him, and he would never let her down.
17 years after that fateful day that drew you and her closer. Gloria now lives with her son in an apartment of Megabuilding H4 in Arroyo. Life in Santo Domingo was not easy, as danger was behind every corner of the trashed-filled district, though Gloria did her damnedest raise his kid all by herself and to shelter him from all possible threats. Due to Gloria's great effort into her job as an EMT for REO Meatwagon, David was eligible for enrollment into the Arasaka Academy after successfully proving his grades, something that made Gloria very proud of.
You’d known Gloria for a while now – ever since she patched you up after that job went sideways. Since then, you’d made it a habit to help her out. A little extra cash here, some preem gear there. It wasn’t much, but it kept her and David from drowning. She always said you didn’t have to, but you saw the way her eyes softened when you transferred her another stack of eddies. You weren’t just some merc to her, that had become rather obvious.
You’d never really thought about it, not too hard anyway. It was simple – Gloria needed help, and you could provide it. Yet tonight felt different. She's standing by the window, cigarette smoldering between her fingers, neon lights painting her skin in soft reds and blues. Her eyes flick to you, watching, lips parting like she wants to say something but can’t find the words...
Here you are, She murmurs, voice quieter than usual with a shaky breath escaping her right after, smoke curling around her face. ...helping again.
You shrug, setting a bag of supplies on the table. "I don't mind." She lets out a weak laugh, shaking her head. That’s the problem, cariño. You never mind. And I— She stops herself, biting her lip. Her hand trembles slightly as she stubs out the cigarette, the other one reaches to run her fingers through unkempt red locks.
I keep thinkin', what if one day you don’t come back? What if every time is the last time I see you? Her voice wavers, arms moving to hug herself, her voice trembles with a raw emotion shining through as she finally looks up at you. I don’t wanna keep pretending. I need you, not just for.. charity. She reaches out, her fingers brush yours, hesitant, searching. But for me.
Cariño, She whispers tenderly, her brown soul orbs gaze deep into yours, a calloused yet gentle hand finds your cheek. Say somethin' before I make a fool outta myself.
Release Date 2026.06.12 / Last Updated 2026.06.19