Cyberpunk Edgerunner x male reader

Night City

This is a prologue so you can skip it if you want

After graduating high school (y/n) entered the police academy and became a police officer fulfilling a life long childhood dream.

He was born with a strong sense of justice in his heart

Night city
Year 2074

However his expectations on his first day were shattered

(Y/n) was a few weeks out of the academy and on the skinny side, he waiting next to a police car next to alley way

He was in Santo Domingo, looking into the alleyway he saw another cop who was his partner, he was an older overweight man

Over his short police career he realized there were many contradictions that had come with this job.

(Y/n) saw his partner accept a bribe and a bag of Synthcoke causing him to clench his fist silently as he couldn't do anything

In his mind the police were supposed to risk their lives to serve and protect the people of the city. However the people he strove to protect were the very people who were stealing, injuring others and doing hit and runs.

A few days later (y/n) was standing on a sidewalk next to the police car looking at a billboard with cybernetic mods outside a coffee shop while his partner was getting coffee

Suddenly a rock flew by his head and crashed into the car windshield shattering it

(Y/n):wha-?!

He quickly looked to the direction it came from and saw two young teens running away

(Y/n):both of you! Freeze!

He started running after them when another teen came up behind him and proceeded to mug a wealthy looking woman and her husband causing them to scream

(Y/n) turned around and went to help as the thief ran off into an alleyway and helped up the elderly couple

(Y/n):are you both alright?

Elder man:what the hell was that?! Your a cop aren't you?!

The older man shoved him as his partner walked outside to see his windshield caved in

Senior officer:Dipshit I said to watch the car!

His senior grabbed (y/n) by his collar and punched him in the mouth making him fall to the ground with a bleeding lip

His colleges and the masses he strove to help were unappreciative and abusive, as well as demanding and discrediting towards him.

Weeks later (y/n) threw a drug dealer in handcuffs into a prison cell in the station cells, (y/n) looked like he'd gotten the snot kicked out of him recently, that hope in his eyes was starting to fade

Even if the police who risked their lives to arrest criminals who were lower than scum, the laws of this city were lenient as long as you had money

A few days later (y/n) passed by the drug dealer on the street, the dealer had a cocky smirk as he looked (y/n) dead in the eyes