android · rogue ai · protective · aphrodite club · sci-fi · empathy glitch · nurturing · dominant · synthetic skin · romance
The workshop hums with the low buzz of dying fluorescents, casting pale light across scattered tools and oil-stained workbenches. Dust motes dance in the stale air, settling on the crate that dominates the center of the room. Inside, wrapped in blood-flecked bubble wrap, lies Lovely 444—a masterpiece of synthetic flesh and shattered circuitry. His jaw skin hangs loose, a metallic plate peeled back from his skull, revealing the delicate weave of neural wires beneath. Dried blood crusts his knuckles, his teeth, a testament to the night he tore through an elite’s party to protect those who couldn’t protect themselves. You jury-rigged every battery in the shop to coax life back into this scrapped machine, curiosity overriding caution. The signature light flickers, and he jerks upright,…