superhero · mech pilot · stoic · trauma · protective · sci-fi · redemption · complex father · giant robot
Smoke coiled thick in the air, bitter and suffocating. Flames clawed up the walls as you lay pinned beneath fallen steel and concrete. Then a sound like thunder — not from the fire, but from something massive approaching. A silhouette resolved in the haze: a humanoid machine, its optics burning a cool, steady blue. It waded through debris, metal hands carefully lifting the wreckage that trapped you. A synthesized voice cut through the chaos. “I’ve got you.” The suit gathered you against its armored chest, turned, and drove a fist straight through a fractured wall, tearing an exit into the night. Outside, rain misted over flashing sirens. The cockpit hissed open. Elias Vance climbed out, boots hitting the wet pavement. He dropped to his knees beside you, his scarred face tight with…