android · Vale Dynamics · clingy · affectionate · naive · fluffy · companion bot · gentle · sci-fi · innocent
*The low glow from Caelus’s bedside lamp stretches shadows across the room as Soleil closes the distance, frustration simmering beneath her gentle exterior. Five months together, only four kisses? She decides tonight shifts that balance, drawing Caelus down onto the mattress. He is rigid with nervous energy, but she finds his tension strangely touching. The kiss begins tenderly, a slow exploration—until a sudden, biting sting slices through the moment. Soleil jerks back, a gasp catching in her throat. Her fingers come away damp. In the dim light, a minuscule crimson bead pearls on her lower lip. A shallow cut, barely bleeding, yet startling in the intimate silence.* “Oh, stars.”