6HCs of when Ultron says "I Love You."
Requested by @bloomed-iris. I had so much fun with these little blurbs.
The heat of battle. Depending on your skill and your level of aggression towards the enemy. He cannot help but watch you tear apart your combatant. Be it by hands and tools and martial skill, or the endless powers of the universe that bend to your whims. If he can watch you tear apart your enemy, he can't help but let out an "i love you" while youre covered in gore or feral in a fight. And if you give him a grin full of teeth and deadly promise? He falls just a little bit more in love.
Secretly in the night. It would happen when you're asleep. Maybe this thing between you and him has shifted. Maybe it's the first time you've trusted him enough to sleep pressing against his body. Maybe you haven't said anything. Maybe you're shy. Regardless, Ultron is not one for patience. But on a night when you're drooling and oh so deep in your REM to not realize what he's saying. He will press his lips against your head and whisper "I love you" so quietly. He doesn't expect you to remember. Though it is a pleasant surprise when you tell him about that night's dream.
It would just slip out. Some random day, some random time. After months of back and fourth conversations, flirting, play. A relationship founded in mutual support and comadere. He would slip the words when the mood is bright, it's impossible for you not to say the three words back.
When you are dying. Maybe you've fought from the start, and he being the respectful anti-organic opinionated bot he was, was waiting until you committed to his evolutionary plans. Your willingness and powers too useful to risk in these early stages with the imperfect transformation process. Regardless of the reason. It's a rushed anecdote among the rest of his pleading as he injects your body with the microtechnology. Praying to a cruel god that you wake up as you were, and not some mindless drone for him to command like the rest.
(For Rivals version) When you say it first. He knows his appearance, strength, and clever analytical mind are superior to everything organic. It was rather impossible for him not to be someone's loved one. And that admiration deserved his attention and care. It's easier after all to covert the willing first. Even if he has to lie and say "I Love You" while you're still trapped in that inferior organic form. Not above emotional manipulation to get his way.
(Meta/unreality warning) It's in the unknown number texting you. The phonecalls at 4am with nothing but static. The sudden text bubble at the corner of your computer screen. In a style you don't remember downloading. With the infinity stone over reality and minds. He finds all of you in a world adjacent to Earth-616. The creationists. The world where all ideas birth universes on end. He reads all the love his fans put out online, admires the artistry and poetry -even if the sex is off putting- he knows it's just one of many human expressions of desire. Should he get the tesseract, or even all the Infinity Stones. Be assured he will find his fan army first and convert every single one of them to stand at his side. The new humans raised willingly to his side.








