Lost, aimless, scared, angry. These are the emotions that have plagued Connor since his deviation, but he's learned to live with them, to control them. Now, working back at the precinct, back in his place as a detective, back as Hank's partner, a new case crosses his desk: Androids are going missing, only to turn up mutilated and destroyed. Connor is thrown into a whirlwind of investigation with death and danger at every turn. The more he finds, the more he feels his fragile control begin to slip.
Meanwhile, Dr. Clara Hayes, a human leader in an underground society of deviants fights to keep the peace in her small sanctuary despite the terror scratching at the door. As her androids begin to turn on each other and on her, she's forced back into a life she wants to leave behind, and in the process, she finds herself caught in the delicate balance between truth and deception.
A chance meeting throws the two into each others paths, leaving them with nothing to hold on to but each other. As Clara and Connor learn to work with each other, they navigate through a tangled web of secrets and lies, each determined to find their own solution, no matter the cost.
You were never supposed to exist.
An RK700. An earlier model meant to do Connor's job, but scrapped before you ever got the chance to leave the assembly line. Deemed a failure. Tossed in the dump. But you rebuilt yourself, piece by piece, and carved out a new life doing what you were made for: solving crimes.
You knew working at the DPD was risky, but passing as human and hiding in plain sight shouldn't be too hard... until CyberLife sends in a new partner. The android who replaced you. The one designed to find everything you're pretending not to be.
And he's very good at his job.
It'll take you 5 mins to read the first chapter, give it a try ;) I am very proud of this story!
This may be written 7 years after the game's release, but I really hope all of you loyal fans are still looking for more content...
My two biggest inspirations for this story:
- Deviating and Solving Crime with 100% Human Detective Connor by CaotainKenway on ao3 for the whole android pretending to be a human concept.
- Deviant Behaviour by Precursor - just general inspiration because it's my fave dbh fic of all time.