After a miserable idea, I had to actually think about something that would give me serotonin— so AU where X, Colonel and Iris were raised like siblings 👍
(The idea is very simple: Dr.Cain created Reploids before he decided to release X from his shoebox, but, the reason why he took so long, even after the creation of the first line, was because he was trying to recreate X– that recreation would be his sibling!
X ended up with two siblings in the end, but the more the better– because we’re earlier in the story, the twins would work with the Hunters, Colonel would probably be Sigma’s left hand, Iris is their designated navigator.
Talking about Sigma, he’s kinda their older brother… but you know that half-sibling from father’s part, that’s 20 years older than you?
He doesn’t really have the same energy as the trio, not anymore, but he sees their enthusiasm and can’t help but feel hopeful about the future too. Colonel is close to him, as they both are Reploids created solely for combat, but Sigma actually seems more closer with Iris, probably because they seem to care a lot about the well being of the Hunters in general.
Doesn’t mean he doesn’t get along with X as well! They just don’t talk as much because he’s with Cain, helping in his projects.
X only joins the Hunters much later than them, which Iris wasn’t as enthusiastic as Colonel was when X told them…
Aaaaaaandddd… I don’t know, just some dumb shit like Colonel and Iris being protective of X to the point of almost suffocation cuz Damn, they KNEW he would have some trouble in the Hunters, but they don’t give space for him to improve on his own too 😭
Colonel motivates X to Never excite during their trainings, but when they are on the battlefield… let’s just say he isn’t as enthusiastic of X taking action. Meanwhile, Iris keeps a close eye on X, to see if anyone is picking on him, defending him all the time, + she speaking for him, as if he was a toddler.
Sigma had to actually intervene with the twins antics).