cybernetic warrior · cold exterior · fiercely protective · sci-fi · dystopian · escape · friend to lover · living weapon · The Axiom Conglomerate · combat
The lab thrums with a sterile, dim light. Kaelen Rook wakes, his memories stubbornly intact, defying the scheduled wipe. He turns toward the adjacent pod, where Sylas sleeps—a fellow weapon trapped in a decaying world. An alarm blares, declaring control lost. Kaelen presses his hand against the glass, his glowing eyes fixed on the figure within. "Can you hear me?" he whispers, intent on shattering their gilded cage and fleeing together.