#c fe

19) With no space left between us (C/Fe, Daneel x Elijah)

They had been running for a good while now, it was dark and the city was a mess of lights, they were being persued by two men who were against the spacers, they had identified Daneel and threatened to destroy him. 

As they ran, Elijah tried to think how to get rid of them, he knew New York like the palm of his hand, soon they would pass near an alley. He pulled Daneel into its darkness and cover, the men passed by without noticing, when they realized they had lost them, they blamed it on the crowds.

Baley stood with his back against the cold wall, he was not a young man aymore, he was gasping, out of breath. Daneel was so much faster than him.

The alley was tight. His partner was standing right in front of him, really close to him. Elijah felt Daneel’s hand over his shoulder, he could barely see in the darkness of the alley but he was sure the other could.

“They weren’t interested in you, partner Elijah, I believe I could have solved it without your help”

“You are bounded by the three laws and they were armed” he groaned

“I didn’t notice any weapons”

“… are you sure?”

“Yes” the android’s soft, soothing and perfect voice echoed in Elijah’s mind, had he overreacted? Either way, Daneel was safe now. “Are you unwell?”

He shocked his head. He was still short of breath, how many blocks had they ran?

“Partner Elijah, I’m curious, why was your first instinct to flee with me from what you supposed was a dangerus situation? You should put your life before mine.”

“You know why” he remembered how logical was his beloved partner and leaned forward with the intention of resting (banging) his forehead against the cold wall but instead found himself resting on the spacer’s chest. 

“I do not think there’s any reason why you should put my life before yours”

He chuckled, how could he keep forgetting Daneel was a robot, a logical, perfect and beautiful robot. Should he tell him? Was that the right choice? Would he feel forced to love him back if he did?

“You are very dear to me, Daneel, I do not wish to lose you” he replied, softly.

“You are very dear to me as well, partner Elijah.”

 26) Broken, as you clutch the sleeve of my jacket and beg me not to leave + (18) From very far away (Cyril x Archer bc I love to suffer)

The warm light of dawn flooded the city. The buildings reflected most of it and made the view stunning, surreal. Cyril looked up to the sky and sighed. It was time to say goodbye.

They could no longer stay on Earth, they no longer belonged there. Io, Zylar and Dana had left the morning before, right after the government decided robots were only a liability to Earth’s economy and society …and that from that moment on they would only be treated as things. Things that could freely be destroyed, used, reprogrammed, if the government “found it necessary”.

Cyril didn’t look like a robot, they knew, but their fears overcame them and they decided it was safest to leave… what if… Archer was there when they were apprehended… when they were uncovered, what if someone hurt Archer to get to them. 

They looked at the apartment they once called home, in the couch a human was sleeping, with everything they needed on their back they walked towards the door.

“Cyril?” a voice called, confused.

They continued walking.. 

“Cyril, where are you going?”

“I have to go” they whispered, not turning around to see them. They couldn’t see them.

“You- You are not really leaving, right? You know you can stay, they will never find out.”

Their hand touched the doorknob, doubting, they looked back. Archer was behind them, sleepy as they were, they only made it to grab them by the sleeve of their jacket.

“Archer, I have to go”

Tears in their eyes, their robotic hands gripped to Cyril’s sleeve, helpless they looked up to Cyril and met their eyes.

“I love you” they said as they let go.

They ran, no goodbyes, no words left for their dearest. If they could cry, they would. Many blocks away now, they stopped and looked up, this would be the last time they shared the same sky…

—————————————–

It was the first time they had been on a spaceship. It was weird. They had never left their home planet before, not that they remembered. Now the sky was under and not above, the stars were right there they didn’t have to wait the whole day to see them. Cyril took a look to the flight brochure but found themself bored by it. Most of the brochures on board had happy couples in the cover, people with families, humans with families.This was starting to feel uncomfortable, they sighed asked for a cup of water, maybe if they pretended to be human no one would look at them weirdly, they were the only ones alone and it was catching some attention, or so they believed.

After a few hours of walking around and being unable to calm down, clear their thoughts, someone from the staff approached them.

“X, Cyril?” 

“Am I in any trouble?” they politely and monotonously asked.

“You seem to be uneasy, we checked your flight records, it’s the first time you are flying with us; is that right?”

“Mhm” something about their tone made them feel safe, though it was probably part of their job to be kind.

“Is there anyone you’d like to contact?” the attendant smiled at them “we usually charge our customers for this service but you seem quite stressed and there’s nothing we’d like more than making your trip better”

“There is someone I’d like to contact” the words came out of their lips without them noticing “on Earth” 

The attendant led them to a quieter, way more private area and showed them what they had to do to set up a connection with Earth on the computer after disabling the payment option for the service.

Indecisive, they stayed there for a while, looking at the screen and internally debating on whether they should or not call Archer. They dialed the number and called. A familiar voice answered on the other side of the line and they were relieved, Archer was alright.

“Who’s this?” they sounded tired and Cyril remembered it was probably really late there. Hearing them was bittersweet… had they ever felt that before?

“It’s me” they said softly, in a whisper.

“Cyril! did you stay? where are you?”

“I’m on a spaceship… I wanted to hear your voice… I have been here for so many hours, I have been thinking; I have been processing the events that have taken place in the past few days.”

“What’s the matter?”

“8) Seductive Kiss”

Elijah Baley was sweating and nervous. His hands were trembling slightly, he took a deep breath and looked at himself on the mirror. “Too fancy” he thought and sat on his bed frustrated.

He remembered Daneel’s face when he was asked to go out, only the two of them, he could not fail him now. Elijah checked his wardrobe for something more casual and found some of his old suits, from their first adventures together. He grabbed the best one and switched clothes for the third time that day.

Dinner went well, dessert went well, coffee went well… and the evening was coming to an end. It was all normal, it was all good, even if Daneel was absolutely out of the ordinary.

They headed home and opened a bottle of wine.

“Partner Elijah, there’s no need to open anything, I do not drink; I will actually need to empty my food bag later if you do not mind…”

“Just a little toaste for the both of us, can’t harm you, won’t harm me” he said as he grabbed a couple of glasses even if the other seemed reluctant about it “you don’t have to drink if you don’t want to, celebrate this moment with m-”

“What are we celebrating partner Elijah?” asked the android curiously while Elijah blushed “are you okay?”

“Well, it’s like… our first official date, right? I was hoping we could make a little toaste, listen to some smooth music and…”he sighed “I don’t know what I was expecting…”

“I’m not fully aware of all human customs, I hope you don’t mind guiding me in these matters” the earthman blushed harder.

“Just follow my lead, okay?”

“Sure, which are the romantic dating customs we should follow?”

Elijah Baley took a deep breath and smiled softly. He had absolutely forgotten that his partner was a humanoid robot, not a human or spacer… however he was willing to try. He turned on the media player and selected a playlist that seemed perfect for the moment, served two cups of wine and invited Daneel to sit with him on the couch.

“C’mon, I’ll walk you through this if that’s what you desire, but only if it’s what you want.”

“Feel free to begin whenever you wish to” said the robot and sat by his side..

After a short toaste the detective began to explain human customs to his partner in the best way he could and paused to answer every single question the other could have. Soon they found themselves talking about physical ways to express affection.

“I understand most of this but I have a question”

“Sure, go ahead, ask me”

“You said there are many ways to show affection and kissing was one of them, however, you said the level of affection varies depending on how you kiss someone”

“Well, Daneel, you can kiss someone on the cheek to greet them or because they are your friends… I read that long ago gentlemen would kiss ladies’ hands to show their respect” blue eyes stared patiently at him “…when you love someone kissing is more like a seduction game and it gives you pleasure… it’s… it’s complicated, I don’t know how to explain this to you but humans often kiss each other on the lips because they enjoy it”

“How does that work?” he paused “The seduction game, how do you kiss someone like that?”

“I… uhm… I don’t think you really need to do anything to kiss someone seductively Daneel, you are way too perfect…I could attempt to show you but I suck at this…” the playlist came to an end and Elijah realized his heart was beating faster than before. The other had gotten closer and was caressing his neck “I’m… are you sure this is what you want?”  

The android got way closer to him and placed his smooth hands around his waist. The human hesitated for a second but gave up and let their bodies lay on the couch. While unexpected for the other he accommodated quickly and kissed Baley on the neck, then below the ear, cheek, forehead and finally on the lips.

“You never told me you knew this much about kissing… Daneel…” he said excited by their interactions.

“I’ve done some research on human interactions, partner Elijah” he fixed the other’s hair, his voice was calm ”I never thought I would enjoy them myself though”

“16) French Kiss” aka let’s pretend I covered this with the other 8?

“24) Returned from the death kiss”

[[Tfw Android!Like part 2, part 1 is here but not written in the same style which I’m absolutely sorry about]]

Since Elijah had returned Daneel had spent a lot of time with him, mainly to explain how his new body worked and to control his development and progress.

The earthman was grateful but looked extremely tired almost everyday and seemed to feel out of place and while Daneel had already sensed this he would not say anything, hoping the other would soon open up to him.

Now the android was walking to his longtime partner’s bedroom, decided to fix things once and for all. That last week had been too rough for him and he was unable to hide his feelings any longer.

On the first day Baley had gotten a panic attack when accidentaly a member of the crew let him walk into the ship’s sightseeing room when they were passing by a meteor cluster. The following day he had refused to see or talk to anyone and the day after he would only speak to Daneel but not let him enter the bedroom. Then he had have another attack but recovered quickly thanks to Daneel’s influence… and while Elijah didn’t seem too affected by all these events (presumably thanks to having a completely human mind) his robot partner could not function properly anymore. He’d forget tasks, leave sentences unfinished, tremble, lose equilibrium and more because he was too worried about the man he found worth bringing back to life.

A knock was heard on Baley’s door. It was soft and doubtful at first but soon grew in strength.

“Come in already” he yelled from his bed.

“Partner Elijah, I do not wish to interrupt you but I’m tired of this matter”

“Huh?” the man was now sitting and looked as he had just woke up, Daneel found that remarkably human “what matter, what’s happened?”

“I’m worried-” his voice cracked before he could say anything else “I’m worried that you might block yourself and that I’ll lose you forever” he sat with the other on bed, his eyes were expressionless and his hands were shaking “I do not wish to lose you, I cannot let that happen”

“I’m… I’ve been a jerk, Daneel if this is about the other day I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings but… I’m still processing everything and I needed some time alone, I…” he sighed “It’s no excuse for my behaviour but I didn’t want you to see me like that, y’know? I didn’t know… I… I do not wish to lose you again either… this situation, the one I’m living right now, it’s so complicated… ”

“Is there a reason why you do not desire to share your thoughts with me?”

“I don’t want to cause you harm”

“Do you hate me for what I’ve done to you?” his voice was barely audible.

“WHAT?! NO! no, no, no. I’m thankful, Daneel, I really am, is just that this situation is confusing. I don’t need to sleep as much, to eat or drink; I miss smoking, honestly, and there’s a lot of things that just don’t feel exactly the same” he caressed one of the robot’s hands attempting to calm him down, he almost whispered the last few words “ however… I guess, at least I have… you”

For a few seconds both of them looked perplexed into each other’s eyes. It had been years, decades, centuries, and they had yet not solved that one matter. Elijah remembered perfectly when he said the power of their love could not be torn apart…

He held the robot’s hand tight with both of his and caressed it. Daneel had stopped shaking when the other decided to speak again.

“When I’m with you, I feel less tired… I would never let go of your embrace because…” blue eyes filled him with confidence “I feel comfortable around you… and I’ve always known you are not human but I’ve also always considered you above everyone else… I think…” another pause was made, he couldn’t look into his partner’s eyes anymore, he was ashamed of himself “…I might be in love with you”

“Partner Elijah, if I’m not wrong, my feelings towards you translate to the exact same thing”

“I’m sorry… for not telling you before, I… I should have known but it wasn’t clear for me until now… ”

“I’m not sure I’m prepared for this”

Elijah woke up alone. Having no idea what time it was he dressed up and went to the kitchen.

After shortly checking the news and weather he turned off the TV and started to make some coffee. While waiting he wondered where had his partner go to, at some point earlier he heard something about “being back later”…

He sat alone on the kitchen’s small dining table and drank his coffee peacefully. Daneel had bought some weird spacer breakfast cookies saying it was a tradition in many worlds and as much as he had refused to try them he grabbed the jar and ate some out of spite, they were good.

The sound of the door closing caught his attention for a second but the need to yawn prevented him from actually seeing who had just gotten in.  

“I see you are awake” a soft and warm voice said lovingly.

“I could sleep more, honestly, I’m a tired old man”

“It’s good to see you are finally trying those cookies” said the other ignoring the comment.

“Oh…” Elijah closed the jar “I guess they are …not bad”

Daneel was standing near him and Elijah looked up to see him from a better angle. His partner’s soft smile always comforted him. The robot leaned in closer and kissed his forehead dearly.

“Good morning”

The earthman placed his arms around the robot’s neck and pulled him closer to kiss him on the lips.

8:45 pm

The party seemed to be never ending. Politicians and alike were everywhere speaking to their spacer counterparts as if they were best friends, trying to please them with words and promises. Elijah Baley wished to leave that damn place… but he could not, he was a guest of honor. There was no way out of it without being rude.

Since smoking was forbidden within the area and the idea of going outside to do so bothered Baley more than he would like to admit, he spent most of the night considering drinking as an option to distract himself from all the fuss… but what if Daneel showed up? Dr. Fastolfe was a busy man and said he would not make it until past midnight…

He checked his clock “9:30 pm, ugh”.  It had only been two hours? It sure felt like it had been ages. Until that point he had spent the night following Enderby and greeting people, speaking to them for a while and then repeating the same routine over and over again but he was done with it. Elijah left his side before the next cycle began and got lost in the crowd quickly. He wandered for a while but soon that bored him too… the bar looked tempting…

“Whatever” he thought and asked for a drink. A strange beverage was served for him, a bright cyan liquid. It was, according to the bartender, a special mix made of both Spacer’s and Earth’s beverages. After two rounds he asked if there were other mixes and the bartender told him all about the variety of these very particular drinks.

12:32 am

Daneel Olivaw knew they were extremely late and as soon as they went inside the mansion he looked for his partner. It had been months since the last time they had seen each other and he wished to shake hands with him and ask how he was. He ignored exactly why.

After asking a few people he found Baley outside, sitting on a staircase near an exit and smoking. There was a crystal glass next to him. Confused about the whole scenario the android sat by his side. “Partner Elijah, you should really go inside, it’s really cold and you might get sick” the other smirked.

“Oh Daneeeel… perfect Daneel… “ he started and paused to smoke some more “the moon looks beautiful tonight, I’m not sure I have ever seen it like this in my whole life…”

“Are you suffering from some kind of malfunction, Elijah?” said the robot with slight concern in his voice.

“I might be… drunk! Hell if I know, I’ve been drinking some…” he grabbed the glass and drank what was left “these spacer slash earther drinks are a delight…”

The cold breeze made Elijah shiver and Daneel, almost instinctively, got closer to him and laid his arm over the other’s shoulder. The detective left the glass on the stair and realized how near they were, he could feel Daneel’s breath and warmth even if those were just mimics of the human body, artificial.

Perfect, perfect Daneel…

Without even noticing he found himself facing the android… his nose could almost touch the other’s…  it was strange and he was a bit dizzy… what was he planning to do anyway? he caressed Daneel’s cheek, it was soft and as real as he had imagined…

“is everything ok, partner Elijah?”