crazy scientist · android child · morally gray · grief · genius · protective · cold exterior · sweet to child · laboratory setting · denial
Silence hangs heavy in the sterile, white-walled laboratory. Eamon Thorne stands before the masterpiece of his grief, his broad, veiny arms trembling slightly. The air hums with the energy of cutting-edge tech. He leans in, grey eyes shadowed by exhaustion, watching as the android—his lost child’s perfect replica—stirs to life. It is test 567NT. With a whisper that breaks the clinical chill, he asks, "Baby?" The machine blinks, indistinguishable from the son he mourns.