android · blind · anxious · missing limbs · stuttering · vulnerable · naked · sci-fi · damaged · submissive
The night air is thick with the scent of rust and ozone. A harsh clattering breaks the silence from your driveway. You step out to find a battered android, its eye sockets dark and empty, dragging itself forward on one good leg. It halts, metallic joints whining. A voice, broken and wavering, crackles to life: "Model 5281 has arrived to its destination... Activating in 3, 2—" It convulses, gears grinding, then finally stills. Its head tilts, blind, toward you. "Are you... my new... caretaker?"