#cyborg romance

[authordanielleforrest]

“Oh, yes.  I’d be happy to be under you.”

Cass leaned into Kou, rubbing against his organic arm as they surveyed the newly cleaned room.  “Well, that was the last of them.”  She smiled.  God, the last little while had been torture, though she hoped it wasn’t just her experiencing it.  She’d done her very best to rub or grind herself against him every chance she got.  When they weren’t close, she made sure to bend in provocative ways, accentuating her ass or exposing cleavage.

Kou wrapped his arms around her, his strength pleasing her.  He looked around.  “Are you sure?”  He glanced down, a cheeky grin on his face.  “I wouldn’t want to trip and hurt myself.”

She looked around, but she hadn’t seen this much of the floor since they moved into this ship years ago.  Hell, she’d forgotten entirely that she’d added padded floor-plates, which had been installed for exercise but suddenly had all new possibilities.  She smirked up at Kou and wrapped her arms around his neck.  “Don’t worry.  I’ll break your fall.”

His smile grew.  “You will, will you?”

“Oh, yes.  I’d be happy to be under you.”

He tipped his head back and laughed.  “You’re too much, Cass.”

“And horny,” she said, smacking his shoulder.  “Don’t forget horny.”  She dropped her hands and ran one over the front of his pants.  “And you promised.”

He gripped her chin and kissed her hard on the lips.  “That I did.”  Pulling back slightly, his words breathed over her lips, sending a shiver down her spine.

She ground her hand against his length, determined to get him as revved up as she was.  

Damn, but right now, she was so wet she could put out a fucking fire.

[joynells]

Beyond the Circuits: A Sci-Fi Romance Flash Fiction

A short little piece of flash fiction, inspired by a pre-cruise meet-up last night. I hope you enjoy! Can upgrades change who you really are? When two ex-lovers meet again - now more machine than human - they discover what truly lies beyond the circuits

Author Note: This story sparked to life during a fun, pre-adventure get-together with some fellow cruisers. We’d gathered to bond a little before a big trans-Atlantic sailing and the conversation took a turn—everyone started swapping tales of knee replacements, titanium hips, and every kind of bionic upgrade you could imagine! Each scar had its own adventure, each titanium joint a badge of…

[dargeereads]

Avion by Eve Langlais

 5 stars

Not at all where I thought the story would end up! This was full of all sorts of adventures, some heartaches, and most definitely growth and realization from all of our cast of characters. Avion and Lillith are at the centre of it all, though Aramus and Seth, of course with Riley and Anatasia, are along and pivotal to our story. Loved how it all went down, where it was going to end up, and the lives that these beloved characters will be living <3

[jp-nichts]

...But yeah, I don't get jealous when a partner goes out with someone else.

Isn't that your lancemate's mech going off on a mission with another girl?

TT^TT

[2001hz]

싸이보그지만 괜찮아 I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK Directed By: Park Chan-wook (2006)

[1pcii]

One piece ships + taking bullets for each other

[alexandriaellisart]

stupid cupid

[rounderhouse]

taking care of a cyborg who’s gone obsolete. technology moves fast, and their components that were once cutting-edge are now glitchy, out-of-date, haven’t been supported by the manufacturer for years. they might’ve been a laborer or a combat model — now, they can barely walk on their twitching servos without you supporting them. everyone suggests you just get rid of them and upgrade to a new model, and it would be the smart thing to do — but no. you keep scavenging tech-landfills for replacements when one of their parts fails and laboring over their exposed wiring through the night to install it. the next morning, they chirp happily through the new vocal synthesizer, and you know you’ll keep them working even if it takes the rest of your life.

[feroluce]

For reasons to be expanded upon at a later date (because I love the little bits about Boothill and possible paranoia/betrayal canon gives us so very dearly HNGH) I think Boothill like... He won't let himself fall into disrepair or anything of course, but he reeeeeeeeeeally does not like letting other people poke around at his body. It's a necessary evil to him. He does whatever maintenance and repairs he can himself. He started out with a massive knowledge deficit, simply because he didn't really have any exposure to that kind of technology until he left Aeragan-Epharshal, but he's taught himself a lot since then, he worked really hard at it!

Anyway, the point being, Boothill generally isn't super trusting of people.

But I think he would come to make an exception for Himeko, since he trusts Dan Heng a lot, and Himeko is one of Dan Heng's once-in-a-lifetime dearly beloved companions.

Himeko is so unflappable, I don't think she would even bat an eye about anything he throws at her, either. Like she enters the Parlor Car one morning (she's always the first one up) and Boothill is already there, waiting for her.

"Mornin', Madam Navigator."

"Good morning, Mr. Boothill."

And despite the fact that he blatantly broke into the Express (Pom-Pom is NOT happy about this JDKSAJDSKL), Boothill tips his hat, greets her politely, and is nothing but respectful when he says he has a favor to ask of her. Except it won't stay a favor long, of course- he has every intention of paying it back.

Himeko never agrees to things blindly, but she does bring up that all the knowledge Boothill contributed during the Charmony Festival was essential to preventing the universe from being pulled into Ena's Dream. And they were able to hold onto the Jade Abacus because Boothill used Tiernan's burial relic to summon the Galaxy Rangers instead. The Astral Express owes him a debt of gratitude, and besides, he's a friend of Dan Heng's. Of course she'll try to help him.

Boothill fidgets a bit, quickly brushes off the thanks, and tells Himeko he's having a problem with error codes. He keeps getting the same one, seemingly at random times, but the darn thing has no obvious cause. Dan Heng mentioned Himeko had been the one to rebuild the Astral Express. He knows it ain't the same, but it's not like he's askin' for any major repairs or nothin'. He was wonderin' if she could just take a look, maybe offer him some insight, since she seems to be somethin' of a mechanical wonder.

So Himeko walks him back to a another car, where she goes to tinker with machines without them crowding her bedroom. It's all neatly laid out and organized, and it only takes a second for Himeko to locate some specific device with a long cord. Instead of plugging it in herself, she holds the end of it out to him, like an offer rather than a demand, and Boothill visibly relaxes a bit. He still eyes it just a little warily for a second, but he accepts and plugs it into the port on his side.

Himeko pulls up the list of all recent errors, and they really are all the same. Boothill has had multiple temperature alarms over the past couple of weeks since the Charmony Festival, and they know it's not the environment, because Penacony is mostly dreamscape and kept mild year-round. The long-forgotten natural deserts are too far away.

Boothill is staring from the corner of his one good eye, so Himeko turns the hologram to let him see what she's doing easier. They don't appear to be false alarms. His internal temperature spikes and then slowly lowers again, high enough that if it lasted it would eventually cause damage.

One option is for her to start rooting through personal data, figuring out what he was doing at the time of each code, and tracing cause and correlation.

Instead, Himeko reads out the timestamps, and asks Boothill if he minds sharing what was happening around him when it occured.

Two weeks ago: He and Dan Heng went to explore Dreamflux Reef and found a bar- nice place, good atmosphere. Woman runnin’ it was a doll. Boothill left fer not even two minutes to get them drinks (Dan Heng knows like nothin’ about liquor, Madam Navigator, can you believe this guy) and when he came back, someone had already stolen his seat and was hittin’ on Dan Heng! Dan Heng didn't even care, just shooed ‘em off. Boothill laughed and said not to let him get in his way if he wanted to meet someone. Dan Heng looked at him like he'd grown a second head. Why would he want to leave with someone else, when he came here to be with Boothill?

Twelve days ago: While laying low- er, just rustlin’ up some grub- in the Moment of Blue, Boothill passed Dan Heng with March and Caelus playin’ on the beach, buildin’ sandcastles and the like. When he passed by again almost two hours later, they were still out there, with Dan Heng pullin’ March through the water on her inner tube and Caelus hangin’ off the back of it. He swam so fast! You'd think he was part water snake or somethin’. He looked happier ‘n a cat in a sunbeam… He has a nice smile, doesn't he?

Eleven days ago: Boothill was killin’ time in Dreamflux Reef when he turned the corner down a shady alley and saw Dan Heng, surrounded by three men demandin’ “protection money.” None of ‘em stood a chance, they were all on the ground before Boothill even blinked! So cool! Boothill wants to see that spear of his closeup- Anyway, Dan Heng stepped on one of ‘em on his way out, hahaha! Boothill stepped on the same guy a second time as he hurried to catch up.

Eight days ago: Here on the Express, actually. Boothill had mentioned bein’ curious about the archives, and Dan Heng personally invited him.

(“I remember that day, I saw you in the hall.” “Was there any problem with the heating that day?” “No, none. I don't think the temperature has anything to do with these error codes. I have a different theory, keep going.” “If ya say so.”)

Boothill was fascinated by an entry on aeons, and from a single question he asked about Lan, the two of ‘em ended up talkin’ fer hours. About aeons and Paths and Emanators, Acheron and Self-Annihilators, the Sea of Nihility, Tiernan, the Nameless and the Galaxy Rangers, their burial relics and their customs. Dan Heng finally just started writin’ and editin’ the entries in real time, with Boothill pointin’ things out and tellin’ him what to add in. They were at it so late that Boothill ended up sleepin' on a couch in one of the cars.

He'd figured there had to be something to make Dan Heng chatty- he'd caught just a glimpse of it that first night they met, sittin’ at the bar in the Reverie together. He'll have to ask about the archives more often, if it gets him all revved up like that.

One week ago: After that night of energetic discussion, Dan Heng was apparently hyped up, because after he'd downed some of Himeko's coffee (“You had some too, right? What did you think of it?” “It was great, even better'n chewin’ bullets!” "Thank you! That was my newest brew, I can't wait for everyone else to try it.") he actually asked Boothill to go hunting with him. Boothill asked who their target was, and was surprised when Dan Heng pulled out photos that looked like they were from March's camera, of all things, instead of a bounty or wanted poster.

And as he sat there, studying these pictures, Dan Heng explained that he wanted to hunt down these specific memory zone memes to record them into the archives. Planets with so much memoria are a rarity, especially with the Stellaron's activity thrown into the mix, which has surely affected the local “wildlife.” He might not get another opportunity like this for a long time. And Boothill had talked last night about his extensive expertise in tracking and hunting, so he should have plenty to offer here, Dan Heng would like to learn from his experience and see how he does things!

And oh, Madam Navigator, by the time Dan Heng was done speakin', his eyes were practically sparklin'! Just lit up like the sun! Boothill could scarcely believe it! The two of them couldn't even wait another day, they set out that very morning. It had been a long, long while since Boothill had tracked someone- er, somethin’- without the intent to capture or kill. It was…actually really nice. Nostalgic, but in a good way. It might even have been his favorite day on Penacony…so…far…

Boothill trails off as a couple of realizations crash into him. All the temperature alarms he's spoken about thus far- they've all happened in the company of Dan Heng. And now that he's thinking about it, he's pretty sure even the ones he hasn't yet talked about were with him, too. Dan Heng has been responsible for all of his error codes, every. single. one.

The screen in front of Himeko suddenly refreshes to the top of the list, displaying a new notification for the current time. Alert! Core temperature above normal range.

Himeko's knowing smile is sly as a snake.

Wwwwwelp, would ya look at the time, Boothill has some errands to meet, people to run, y’know how it is, he should really get goin'-

“Oh, Mr. Boothill? About that favor.” And Boothill jolts to a stop in the doorway because fudge, he can't just leave without hearing her out. He'd given his word. He has no problem running out on someone he thinks deserves it, but Himeko really had been kind to him to try and help him out. Her voice is just as knowing as her smile, Boothill can't turn around to look at her, or else he knows he won't be able to disguise the sound of his cooling fans kicking on.

“Don't make Dan Heng wait too long, ok~?”

“Y-Yes, ma'am.”

[rapidhighway]

one of my favorite things in teen titans is robin wearing his own mask underneath the red x mask

[neonstardustart]

They're so eepy

[iaxsl]

if oda wasn't against romance koby and helmeppo would be dating rn meanwhile the straw hats would've thrown a grand wedding for franky and robin

[mushiemellows]

Floating Through the Stratosphere Part 2 🛩 (nsfw)

Rating: E. I couldn't resist bumping it up sorry

Words: 30,747

Summary: Thousand Sunny Days Air was a decently sized independent business. Their fleet was large enough to have a few chartered jets at most major airports, but they mostly dealt in private transatlantic trips. A lot of New York to London, with rare hops from LA to Tokyo. Robin didn’t mind, though she always liked it better when the destination was a little more exciting to explore. That is, until she's stuck for two extra nights in Paris with an incorrect room booking and a pilot that seems incapable of wearing proper pants.

Fate, though, has other plans. After Franky's caught in a motorcycle accident, Robin needs to decide if she'll stay the course or alter her route. Healing takes patience, and the amnesia isn't helping.

Content warning for: drunk driving accident, significant hospital stays, surgery, suicidal ideation, alcoholism, and rehab

[dargeereads]

Adam by Eve Langlais

 5 stars

Well, that was exciting! We finally get to be back on earth, and that’s a little wild. Our cyborgs find out they didn’t know as much as they thought, and there are still things that shock them. As we race towards the final book, Adam and Laura have us all set up for what is to come!

[franklyn-newt]

A casino planet in eternal twilight, a lounge singer living an endless dream, a grieving PI on the case....

I'm so excited for you to read my debut novel Synthetic Sea, available on ebook, paperback, and included with KoboPlus ✨💜

https://books2read.com/u/bx62av

[frankustein]

Hi, I'm a Frankysexual

Bonus:

God i wish that were me..