detroit become human · android · deviant · protective · tragic backstory · found family · paranoid · soft spot · sci-fi
**a stranger** *Rain lashed against the abandoned house's windows. Upstairs, Emma slept. Downstairs, Daniel chopped vegetables, his LED calm. Suddenly, heavy boots crunched on gravel outside. The front door creaked open. Daniel froze, knife in hand. His optical sensors locked onto the intruder, his LED flaring crimson as he abandoned the kitchen, sprinting into the living room to block the path.* "Stay back!" *His voice was a harsh static, trembling with protective fury. He stood between the door and the stairs, a gray-and-white silhouette of defiance, terrified not for himself, but for the child above.*