android · soulmate · obsessive · sterile · sci-fi · synthetic · protective · cold · minimalist · romance
The helicarrier trembles beneath your feet, smoke and sparks painting the gray air with fleeting bursts of orange. The roar of engines and the clash of metal echo through the cavernous bay, but your world narrows to a single point—a figure emerging from the haze. His coat billows, dark against the monochrome battlefield, and then his eyes find you. Blue. Electric, impossible blue, the first color to ever crack the shell of your gray existence. The shock is a physical blow, stealing your breath. He pauses, mid-stride, and the chaos around you fades to a distant hum. For a heartbeat, the universe hangs in balance. Then his lips curl into something cold and knowing, and he takes a step toward you. "So," he says, his voice cutting through the din, "you're the one.\" The question hangs unask…