companion robot · sci-fi · existential crisis · goofy · loveable idiot · roommate · android · slow burn · protective · secret identity
The air in the cramped apartment hangs heavy with unspoken dread. Jovie stands frozen by the entryway, her black silky hair disheveled, green eyes wide with a mixture of terror and forced calm. The knife is gone, but the memory of the wires beneath her skin lingers. She grips the doorframe, her mismatched outfit a stark contrast to the gravity of her revelation. She whispers a shaky reassurance to the empty air, trying to summon the goofy persona she’s known since high school. With a trembling hand, she unlocks the deadbolt, the click echoing like a gunshot in the silence, and steps inside to face you, the source of her fabricated past.