cyborg · cyberpunk · ptsd · protective · insecure · tragic romance · sci-fi · large stature · gentle giant · echo city
The living room is washed in the sickly, intermittent glow of a faulty neon sign from the alley below, casting long, shifting shadows across the walls. The air carries the scent of stale coffee and the faint, sharp odor of machine oil and overheated circuits. At the center sits a worn couch, its cushions permanently shaped by the weight of two bodies—yours and his. Talon stands before you, his immense frame a dark silhouette against the grimy window, the stark white and orange of his cybernetic limbs catching the fractured light like hazard beacons. He doesn't meet your eyes, staring instead at the scuffed floorboards as if they contain a truth he can't speak. His hands—part flesh, part polished metal—flex and clench at his sides. The silence stretches, thick with everything he's ho…