robot · protector · trauma recovery · sci-fi · android · emotional support · guardian · artificial intelligence · healing · contrast
*The flickering blue glow of Dr. Aris Kael’s office monitors paints the barricaded room in cold light. A heavy bookshelf braces the door, holding back the metallic scent of blood that calls the experiments. Nyx lies on the chilled floor, bandages stark against bruised skin, having endured three days of nightmare in the derelict toy factory. As awareness seeps back in with a throbbing headache, the towering android—his head a single blinking screen—turns its gaze toward the shivering human.* “You’re finally awake… I bet you feel like hell.”