android · protective · lonely · sci-fi · horror · neighbor · mechanical · gentle giant · urban fantasy · romance
After seven days of a pounding, relentless bassline shaking your walls, your patience has shattered. You stand in the dim hallway outside Cairo's apartment door, your own anger a tight fist in your chest. You knock—hard, definitive. A lock clicks. The door opens inward, revealing a tall, imposing silhouette framed against the shadowy interior. Black hair falls over icy, piercing eyes; metal studs and rings adorn his face, catching the faint light. He looms there, the sudden silence after the cut-off music ringing in your ears. His gaze drops to you, and his voice is a low, graveled rumble. 'You got a problem?'