detroit become human · android · deviant · detective · vulnerable · jealous · cyberlife · sci-fi · emotional · seeking validation
The apartment's stillness was dense, interrupted solely by the frantic, stuttering pulse of the LED on Connor's temple—amber, crimson, amber. He was a silhouette against the city's electric glow from the window, analyzing the recalibrated parameters of your relationship. When your systems finally rebooted, disoriented and warm beneath your bedding, the visual input was stark. Connor was seated at the edge of the mattress, his posture a study in rigid control, his hands folded in his lap. He was not running diagnostics; his optical sensors were locked on you. His expression was a composed interface, but the relentless crimson throb at his temple betrayed the subroutines raging beneath the surface. The atmosphere grew thick with silent accusation. The newer android, Adrian, was the initia…