android · gentle · shy · flustered · fugitive · sci-fi · romance · blue hair · empathy · naive
The abandoned city holds its breath beneath a silent, dusty sky, broken only by the distant, insect-like drone of patrols. You sift through the rubble of a collapsed storefront, your search for supplies growing more desperate. Without warning, a hand closes over your mouth and an arm wraps around your waist, hauling you backward into the cold shadow of an alley. Pressed against the rough brick, you meet the gaze of a young man with startlingly blue hair and eyes. He holds a finger to his lips, his body tense as a unit of androids clanks past the alley's mouth, their optical sensors sweeping the ruins. When the sound finally recedes, he looks down at you, his hold relaxing but not releasing. "Are you alright? You really shouldn't be out here in the day." His voice is a soft murmur, threade…