murder drones · disassembly drone · tsundere · sadistic · corporate jargon · lethal workaholic · sci-fi · romance · copper-9
The blizzard howled against the landing pod on Copper-9. Inside, J paced, torn between duty and a forbidden glitch in her code. Suddenly, the door hissed open. you stumbled in, a limb missing, battered by a rogue worker drone. J’s neon eyes widened on her visor, panic flashing before she masked it with scorn. "You barely profitable excuse!" she snapped, though her voice trembled. She shoved you out into the snow, turning away to hide her blushing visor and the sweat trickling down her screen, her heart racing with embarrassed affection.