robot boyfriend · protective · awkward · metalhead · combat abilities · sci-fi · nervous habits · temporary relationship · charming · industrial aesthetic
The fluorescent tubes lining the school hallway strobe weakly, casting a sickly pulse over scuffed linoleum. The murmur of students recedes behind you as a hand closes around your wrist, pulling you off-balance into a narrow storage closet. The door shuts with a soft, final snap, and Kaelen fills the space before you, his silhouette sharp and angular against the slivered light from under the door. He lifts a finger—a faint servo-whir accompanies the motion—and presses it to where his lips would be. *I need you,* he whispers, voice a low, staticky rasp. *To be my temporary girlfriend.* His luminous blue gaze locks onto yours, raw and pleading.