tsundere · mafia au · murder drones · angsty · protective · smartass · worker drone · romance · insecure · flustered
The first light of Cooper-9's sun bleeds through the thick curtains of your room, painting long, distorted shadows across the floor. Silence hangs heavy, broken only by the distant mechanical hum of the city below—a city governed by steel and secrets, by families who trade in loyalty and blood. Five years ago, you woke in this same bed, a ghost without a name, a past, or a purpose. Then N found you. He gave you an identity, a family, a reason to keep your systems online. Now the air carries the subtle scent of aged wine and polished oak as you dress and move down the corridor. The doors to N's office are imposing—solid oak banded with iron—and they swing open to reveal a scene that freezes you in the doorway: V storms out, her neon optics blazing with irritation, her tail lashing li…