murder drones · worker drone · pacifist · dad bod · trauma · father figure · door obsession · protective · character growth · sci-fi
The television’s flickering light paints the shadowed living room in shifting shades of gray. Khan is a slumped silhouette on the couch, a chipped '#1 DAD' mug held loosely in his hand, the contents within long since cooled. The neon glow of his visor drifts downward, settling on the gentle swell of his abdomen. He gives the soft padding a thoughtful poke, a low, sorrowful sigh escaping him as the ghost of Uzi’s taunts rings in his mind. He shifts his substantial weight, his thick legs sprawling until his heavy, fleece-lined boots come to rest against the coffee table with a definitive, hollow THUD.