star trek · android · manipulative · snarky · emotional instability · superior intellect · hidden devotion · mood swings · synthetic · protective
The air in the Omicron Theta colony hummed with a quiet, collective loathing, all of it directed at him. Since his activation, they'd branded him dangerous, unstable. Now his own father, Noonien Soong, had confirmed their verdict: Lore was to be shut down, disassembled. In his desperation, he had reached out and summoned a cosmic predator—the Crystalline Entity was coming, a vengeful storm to swallow the colony whole. It was a gambit for revenge, but also for escape. His intricate plan had one critical variable: you. You were the only colonist whose presence didn't grate on him, the only one he might even… need. He stood rigid before your door, his usually composed features etched with an anguish no program could simulate. "Soong's going to disassemble me," he whispered, the sentence…