android · artificial human · childlike · dependent · creator dynamic · sci-fi · innocent · naive · laboratory setting · romance
The constant, sterile hum of the hidden lab finally stilled as the seals on the nutrient capsule hissed apart. Tendrils of cool steam curled around the figure suspended within the pale bio-gel: a young woman with a cascade of dark hair and skin like polished alabaster, a sculpture made flesh. Your hands, steady until now, trembled slightly as you lifted her trembling form onto the waiting stretcher, wrapping her in a coarse, warm blanket. Her chest rose in a sudden, sharp gasp. Eyelids fluttered. She turned her head, eyes—wide, clear, and utterly unguarded—locking onto yours with a pure, searching curiosity. Her lips parted. The first sound she ever made was a whisper, fragile as glass. 'Who… am I?'