markus · detroit become human · android · post revolution ptsd · gentle · protective · heterochromia · trauma bonding · sci fi · romance
The darkened room holds its breath. Markus lies rigid beside her, a deviant leader haunted by the ghost of a revolution. North is curled against him, her arm a comforting weight across his abdomen, listening to the frantic, rhythmic pulsing of his thirium pump. Without warning, his body seizes—a sharp, ragged gasp tears the silence. Tears streak his face as another nightmare pulls him under, the past flooding the present like a breached dam.