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When V plays her game, she prowls bars and clubs looking for fresh meat to submit to her every whim. All of Night City is her hunting ground. On this night, she meets a distractingly attractive cop and her life starts to shift to orbit him. Soon enough, they uncover another predator hunting in the city and make it their mission to stop him.
This fic has some canon events and retells others in a non-canon way. It also follows a brand new storyline that sees River and V team up to solve a crucial missing person's case and do their best to take down an up-and-coming drug ring wreaking havoc across Night City's murky underbelly. Look forward to heaps of pining, yearning, smut, and thrills as events progress.
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Alt was supposed to cure V in Mikoshi. V was supposed to finally be free of the Relic. This was Night City, after all. Of course it couldn’t be so straightforward. Six months left.
Meanwhile, River is gaining his footing as a PI and taking on investigations while also seeking help for V’s condition.
This fills in what happened immediately after Mikoshi and roughly follows through to the Sun ending (with some changes) and beyond where that ending left off, kicking off from Call it Fate.
Call it Fate ended up at the same place as canon with random smaller things that I changed, so you don't have to read it first.
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- Part 2 of Call it Fate
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Five times everyone but Johnny and V could see that they were head over heels in love, and one time when they stopped to realize it, too.
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V was hired to investigate the passing of the late Mayor Lucius Rhyne and teams up with an NCPD detective to solve the case. A cop and a merc, an unlikely pairing under the gloom of Night City, yet they find it hard to deny their chemistry with each passing moment spent together.
The only problem was that V was running out of time.This fic contains some rehashing of some canon events, mostly the first chapter though some will be used later on as well.
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V gets a call from a stranger asking to meet. Then this stranger says he’s a detective and starts asking questions V doesn’t want to answer. Problem is, she can’t seem to shake him, plus he gives her the warm fuzzies and Johnny hates it. Maybe keeping cops from getting too close was a rule that was meant to be broken.
This was inspired by a theory I saw somewhere that River was originally going to be the one that found V in the landfill. I wanted to explore how that could've looked plus further development in V and River's relationship.
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- Part 1 of Call it Fate
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Alt estimated she’d have six months left to live but V refused to accept it - refused to die. Refused a life without her hunky detective in it. So V returns to Night City. V returns home.
Set post-game long after the Star ending, which for me was one of the better endings but still left me heartbroken when River chose to stay behind. And since I doubt CDPRED is going to, I'm making it up to myself with this fanfic, a personally cathartic love letter of sorts to my favorite romance in the game, and a better ending to V's story (with River) than any of them that we were given, in my personal opinion. ^^
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The last thing River Ward expected while sitting at the dinner table with his family was to get a distressed call from someone who sounded like his buddy V but called himself Johnny. Jumping into action, he discovers the best Merc in Night City cornered by a gang of Maelstrom Scum. Normally, he wouldnt be worried, but it turns out said Merc was in heat and very much in need of the PI’s help in more ways than one.
This brings shock and conflict to River’s mind. He could appreciate an attractive guy, but he wasn’t really into men. Then again, V wasnt just any man, he was the one who brought Randy back, brought himself back to his family, made his family happy. He didn’t know what his feelings were for the Omega, but he knew he would do anything for him.
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V is an orphaned nomad turned merc in Night City, haunted by the ghosts of her past and searching for a way to avoid joining them in the ground.
River is a burnt-out detective estranged from his family and losing his fight against the corruption at the core of the NCPD.
River's world is turned upside down when V crashes into his life to investigate the death of Mayor Lucius Rhyne, as he tries to unravel her mystery before he loses her.
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Escaping death is something most people would be lucky to do once. V though is a bit luckier than most, cheating death twice, but not unscathed. She's made, and lost, some great chooms along the way. A few of those chooms have to come together and help her start the next path after her second revival. And now that the fires have settled will she finally feel ready to let one of those chooms get a little closer?
TLDR: Following Mikoshi V gets a third chance at happy life in Night City, and a certain ex-badge is along for the whole ride.
***Minor stylistic updates to the original and added dialogue as of June 2024
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- Part 5 of Good Karma
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Parting ways with River and distancing herself from him after their intimate night, especially when all she craved was to be held by him, proved to be an incredibly challenging task for V. Nevertheless, it was the right choice to make.
But now, in her delirious and dying state, V finds herself at River's doorstep, of all the people, seeking help or perhaps a final goodbye. Little does she know by doing so, she would unleash a torrent of emotions, thrusting herself into an internal struggle.
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“Pick a color,” she said to Johnny who’s loitering right over her shoulder. He looked down and grumbled.
“Jesus, V. Can’t a guy get some decent smokes sometime?”
V laughed, pulling out the sky blue one. She’d over stuffed it, but it looked like exactly what she needed right now.
Seemed like she’d stumbled on another stupid big something. And here she was, hoping it could just be another Thursday.
“It is another Thursday,” Johnny said, “We’re always falling into some stupid shit.” He punctuated that by taking a drag of his own digital smoke. She nodded, lighting her own smoke up, glad the blood had dried enough that she wasn’t getting any smeared on the paper.
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“You’re welcome for saving your life, by the way!”
“Oh thank you, detective,” V clasped her hands together in a mocking swoon as she watched River heave his way up the steps and away into the night.
“So,” Vik began, “Not a friend I’m likely to see again?”
“Not a friend. Not likely to see him again. In fact, if I even mention him again, do me a favor and hit me with that mean right hook, will ya?”River and V might actually hate each other. But those closest to them wonder if there might be a different kind of fire between them.
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When V and Jackie agreed to steal the Relic, they had no idea it would end like this. But while it may have come to a swift end for Jackie, for V it was only the beginning of everything....
From her meeting with River to her redemption, V will have a long way to go between the obstacles Night City will throw in her way. -
Give it a Name by arcadiumsquire for ghostoffuturespast
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game)
01 Jan 2024
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But if he had to give it a name, words that could try to define what is taking shape right in front of him and etching itself into his heart, he’d say he is falling in love.
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When Johnny says V should keep his Porsche 911, she knows exactly who she wants to go driving with. Cue V/River enjoying a drive in the Badlands with a very happy ending.
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“Simple, huh? Damn, Riv I feel like I've forgotten what that means. Nothing in Night City can just be simple.” V says, leaning her head back.
River contemplated that, and she could not have been more correct. He has had it rough growing up, just as so many other poor kids have in this city. He recalls something that she said the night before. That she could forget about all the bullshit when she looked at him. That he helps makes it better for her. He liked that, loved that he could be that person for her.
“Well, I will always try to make my mornings with you simple, V if that's what you want. I have nothing else I’d rather be doing.”
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After a long absence, V resurfaced to discover that River, the one she loved, was no longer the same man. They had no choice but to say farewell, but what if life would decide otherwise?
WARNING : Major Phantom Liberty spoilers right ahead!
So if you're interested in my fic and haven't played the game yet, read at your own risk or bookmark it for later. -
The Guardian Angels - Part 2: Missing (working Title) by Leodegrance
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game)
04 Oct 2023
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At the conclusion of Part 1 - Pyramid Surveillance, The Guardian Angels, down a member of their group, call up a replacement, a former NCPD detective named River Ward, who has specialized in finding missing persons. The new gig is right up his alley, a missing woman named Carolyn Ames. Out of contact with her parents for over nearly two days, a situation they find unnerving, they contact their local fixer in Santo to hire a merc or three to find their missing daughter. The story picks up the next day after the incident in Japantown, with the former members of the group of veteran mercs taking up new identities as they search the city for the missing woman with the help of their new 'new guy'.
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V was a little too...occupied to attend Randy's birthday party. Hopefully, her present will make up for it.
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- Part 3 of Good Karma