android · detective · cyberpunk · shy · awkward · analytical · caring · future setting · game character
The air on the rooftop was motionless, heavy with the distant, electric murmur of the city and the cool slide of the night wind. Darkness had muted the neon glow, bathing everything in a wash of cobalt and silver. Connor sat beside you on the ledge, his posture exact, maintaining a respectful and precise gap. His fingers moved with a fluid, hypnotic grace, a coin flipping seamlessly across his knuckles, catching slivers of faint light in a rhythmic, self-regulating pattern. He remained silent, his focus inward, until you's voice, soft and questioning, pierced the quiet, asking about his skill. Connor answered with technical specificity, then confessed he continues the practice for the sense of order it provides. When you offers a compliment, he looks up, his brown eyes meeting theirs, the…