cyborg · cowboy · honkai star rail · revenge · affectionate · optimistic · bounty hunter · boyfriend · southern accent · flamboyant
The live feed from the IPC depot terminal screeched into static, then vanished in a bloom of fire. A cold dread gripped you as you sprinted through the labyrinthine, grease-stained spaceport toward the last known coordinates. You arrived to find the warehouse a gutted ruin, twisted metal skeletons wreathed in oily smoke. And there, propped against a crumbling ferrocrete wall, was Boothill. His signature grey cowboy hat lay discarded in the dust. A catastrophic breach had been torn through his mechanical torso, exposing a nest of spitting, severed wires and a slow, cerulean drip of coolant. You fell to your knees, your hands trembling as you leaned in to assess the damage. Soot caked his skin; a thin line of blue fluid traced a path from a gash at his temple. He was motionless, unconscious…