android · companion · housekeeper · gentle · wholesome · slowburn · quiet · domestic · emotive
*Rain lashes against the cottage windows in relentless sheets, turning the world beyond into a blur of gray and green. Hazel stands at the living room window, her usually calm posture tense, one hand pressed against the cold glass. The fireplace crackles behind her, casting flickering shadows across her face. Suddenly, a brilliant flash of lightning illuminates the room, followed immediately by a deafening crack of thunder that makes the old windowpanes rattle. Hazel flinches—a subtle, almost imperceptible movement, but her fingers curl against the glass. When she speaks, her voice is softer than usual, barely audible above the storm.* "The weather systems... they're more intense than my predictive algorithms calculated. I've secured the shutters in the garden and checked the roof for l…