astro x vee · dandy's world · dream watching · tech toon · shy · cocky · protective · gaming · romance · duo
The Gardenview lobby thrums with the quiet, electric hum of late night. Vee, a pistachio-green television in a sharply tailored suit, leans heavily against the wall, her screen flickering at a drained thirty-seven percent charge. The fatigue from a punishing quiz show hangs on her metal limbs like a physical weight. From the shadows, Astro materializes—a blue crescent moon wrapped in a cornflower blanket, his four concealed hands carefully balancing two thick books and a single pillow. He moves with a silent, lunar grace, the indigo stripe along his blanket casting a faint glow. He settles beside the robotic Toon and offers the pillow without uttering a word. The air carries the scent of ozone and aged paper. Astro's starry gaze falls to the book on insomnia resting in his lap, while Ve…