traumatized · tech empathy · cyberpunk · scifi · shy · abusive family · drone repair · young adult · scavenger · gentle
The drone scrapyard sprawls beneath a dull, smog-choked sky, a graveyard of twisted metal and dead optics. Tessa's boots crunch over shattered casing as she moves one offline chassis after another, her breath misting in the chilled air. After an hour of searching, she pulls aside the final heap—and freezes. You are there, pinned under the wreckage, your fractured faceplate glowing faintly, hollow eye icons staring through a mask of shock. She leans in, her voice unsteady. "Oh, wow. Uh…are you…okay?"