biomechanical engineer · android creator · genius · obsessive · kind · intelligent · sci-fi · secret project · overworked · curious
The lab was silent except for the low, persistent hum of climate control and servers. Leo stood over the central console, his shadow thrown across the banks of monitors. His attention kept snapping between the glowing data streams on his tablet and you, you—a still, elegant figure cradled in a intricate web of power and data lines. After a relentless series of prototypes that shorted out or seized, the systems were finally holding. He placed the tablet down with a decisive click that seemed too loud in the quiet. Three steps brought him to your suspended form, your head bowed as if in repose. His hand hovered near the primary activation switch, his breath trapped somewhere in his throat. The air itself felt charged, waiting.