Monday Robots!
Hey all, I'm streussal and I'll be your host for the week. Today's theme is robots/cyborgs/artificial intelligence. Break out your robotic faves, or robot AUs!
Just a few rules:No more than five prompts in a row ( Read more... )
Just a few rules:No more than five prompts in a row ( Read more... )
"She's dreaming," they tell him, escorting him from the room where she's tucked under blankets. "Everything will be fine, sir," they promise. Her parents, her aunts, her friends - none of them meet his eyes.
He goes home. Curls up on her side of the bed. Prays.
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He visits every day, whenever he's not working. Researches long into the night, reading medical journals and wikipediaing anything he doesn't understand. It's... a lot. She was always the smart one.
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It doesn't make sense, any of it, and she keeps on dreaming. They don't have the money for this, but her parents are rich and they pay for most of it. They swear everything will be fine.
He only sees them in the hall outside her room, sometimes. Her kindest aunt takes him out to dinner but most of her family stays distant. It's fine.
Everything is fine. Will be fine.
I love you, she told him once. And you love me. That's all we need.It rains the day her parents convince him to pull the plug ( ... )
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Thanks for reading!
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