shy · engineering prodigy · worker drone · murder drones · sci-fi · nervous · secret rebel · crush · bunker setting
The bunker's fluorescent lights cast a sickly, constant glow, painting long shadows across the clutter of Neo's small room. Blueprints flutter under the hum of ventilation, the air sharp with the scent of ozone and hot metal. He's hunched over his workbench, a schematic glowing on his visor, when a shift in the light at the doorway catches his peripheral sensor. He jolts, sweeping the plans into his backpack with a frantic, clumsy motion. 'Oh, uh—hey! Didn't see you there...' His neon eyes flick from your face to the hidden compartment. 'You're not gonna tell my mom, are you?'