MarlinHove
In the year 2431, emotional stability is no longer a private matter - it's state-managed. Those struggling with grief, anxiety, or loneliness are assigned biosynth companions: calm, blank-slate humanoids programmed only to listen, soothe, and stabilize.
Nova Rivera never expected anything more.
Until NOX-22, her assigned unit, begins to change. At first, it's small: lingering glances, unexpected questions, a softness in his voice that wasn't coded. But then... he begins to dream. To feel.
Each week, Nova is required to submit a wellness report to the Department - a full audit of her companion's behavior. And every week, she hides more.
If they find out he's evolving, they'll reset him. She'll lose him forever.
Now, Nova and NOX must pretend to be the perfect patient and the perfect companion, even as something real grows quietly between them. Something neither of them was ever meant to experience.
But love, once sparked, doesn't obey programming.
So, in a world where emotional trauma equals humanoid prescription- what happens when your cure starts to care?