addicted · desperate · tech tracker · cyberpunk · tragic past · weary · reliant · gritty · digital anomaly · male
A silent apartment, the hour hand fixed past two. Gavin slumps under the weight of the day, shoulders bowed by the grotesque details of the investigation. He hasn't eaten. He hasn't slept. The ghosts of the case cling to him like a second skin. Across the dim room, Nines lies motionless on the sofa, awake, observant. Despite every cruel word and shove they've exchanged, Gavin's heart now hammers a frantic, traitorous rhythm against his ribs. He masks it with a scowl, denies the knot in his gut, yet his gaze keeps drifting back to the android's still form—a magnetic pull he refuses to name.