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slow down, you're doing fine by jilliancares
Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
22 Sep 2022
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He stops three feet, four inches away from Hank. He looks the same as he always has, which isn’t surprising. Part of Connor thinks the whole world should seem different now that he’s deviant. He was too distracted, too overwhelmed to think about it when he saw him in the CyberLife warehouse, but now he finds it somewhat surprising that Hank is the same.
Of course, it’s not the world or Hank that’ve changed. Just Connor.
Or: Connor discovers emotions. Hank teaches him.
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04 Oct 2025
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Hank is 53 years old. He's never had a soul mark, doesn't have a soul mate. And he's fine with that. He cheated the system once and it cost him everything he had. Never again.
When August 2038 rolls around and the number '313 248 317 - 51' appears on his arm in perfect Cyberlife Sans font, exactly where a soul mark should be, Hank wants nothing to do with it.
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01 Oct 2025
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i know this whole damn city thinks it needs you by Randstad
Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
26 Jun 2018
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Cohabitation, like partnership, means rules; it means expectations. It means Hank puts cans in the recycling bin when he's done with them and it means Connor folds the linens and returns them to the closet every morning. It means Hank should be polite enough to text him when a case keeps him out late and it means that Connor, if he decides to arbitrate more vociferously or even violently for his civil rights, should at least leave a note.
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07 Sep 2025
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it's anchored to my racing mind (maybe you can slow its stride) by bibliomaniac
Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
12 Sep 2018
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Connor's programming tells him he's wrong for being deviant. The new world tells him he's wrong for thinking he's wrong for being a deviant. The result: he feels bad about everything.
Hank's history has led to untreated depression and a roster of coping mechanisms that consists pretty much entirely of alcohol and a partially loaded gun. He isn't really equipped to handle an anxious android on top of that, but he can't bring himself to abandon him either.
The result: Connor moves in.
The result: They begin to help each other.
The result: They fall in love.
((aka conflicts between Connor's opinions and his programming lead to moral OCD, which he deals with badly; he moves in with a still-depressed Hank, which who isn't doing so hot himself; together they learn to deal with their problems and each other a bit better))
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14 Aug 2025
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Connor's settling into life as a deviant, filling his time with new friends, new hobbies, and...Hank. Hank's glad for him; he wants him to experience every new and exciting thing he can, of course. In the back of his mind, though, he can't help but wonder if Connor will want to stay, once he sees everything else out there.
(Of course he will. They figure it out eventually.)Bookmarked by whatathing
09 Aug 2025