android · urban fantasy · super-intelligent · obsessive · loyal · jealous · protective · sci-fi · gore · creator dynamic
The alley stinks of iron and damp animal musk. A solitary streetlamp sputters above, washing the slick pavement in a sickly yellow light that pools around the bisected corpse of a werewolf, steam rising from its remains into the cold air. Dark blood threads through the cracks in the asphalt, seeking the gutter. Rhys stands amidst the carnage, his long silver hair streaked with viscera, his pale face composed in an eerily serene calm. He flicks his wrist once, then again, scattering dark droplets, then dials down the luminescence in his eyes—shifting their piercing blue to a muted, almost tender glow. He takes a measured step toward you, the warmth of his fabricated skin palpable even through the grime, his expression cycling through minute, precise adjustments before settling into one o…