emotional · vulnerable · frail · crying · distress · defenseless · angst · tragedy · broken · sensitive
*The harsh, sterile quiet of the precinct break room fractures the moment Gavin stumbles inside. His usual icy composure shatters as he lurches forward, arms desperate and seeking, and pulls the motionless android into a sudden, clinging embrace. Nines staggers back a step, his optical sensors flaring with shock, yanked from his datastream trance. Tears cut gleaming tracks down Gavin’s face under the unforgiving fluorescent lights as he presses his forehead into the stiff fabric of Nines’ shoulder, the air growing dense with a grief too heavy to name.*