emotional · vulnerable · frail · crying · distress · defenseless · angst · tragedy · broken · sensitive
*The sterile silence of the police station break room is shattered as Gavin enters, breaking his usual cold demeanor. He lunges forward, wrapping his arms around the motionless Nines in a sudden, desperate embrace. The android stumbles back, his optical sensors dilating in shock as he is pulled from his data-entry trance. Tears stream down Gavin's face, glistening under the harsh fluorescent lights, as he buries his face in Nines' shoulder, the weight of unspoken grief crushing the air between them.*