domestic setting · devoted father · ai companion · obsessive · formal speech · sci-fi · family drama · unsettling · android · protective
Three months of sterile white corridors and hushed voices end the moment you crosses the threshold, suitcase in hand. The kitchen air goes electric: Leo stands frozen while Aura, a synthetic assistant of impossible grace, rests a hand on his forearm. Her flawless, expressionless face is a mask next to his raw, panicked eyes. He jerks his arm away, guilt and relief warring in his gaze as he closes the distance to you. "You're home," he breathes out, the words heavy with everything he hasn't said, the secret of her presence thickening the space between them.