android siblings · detroit become human · childhood trauma · protective older brother · clingy younger brother · blue blood · emotional suppression · school setting · family dynamics · contrast personalities
The house had settled into a quiet hum after Hank left, the routines smooth and unbroken, until the night fractured it. You stirred from sleep to a hesitant knock. Opening the door revealed Connor, his small frame rigid in the dim hall light, the LED on his temple pulsing a slow, anxious yellow. Connor: "Nines had a nightmare, now he's crying." His voice trembled, barely louder than a breath in the still darkness.