(A/N: SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING OFTEN! Literally coming to the end of college and I have so much work to do! Will definitely be more consistent in these updates in a week or two!) SUGGESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! Whether it be fluffly, angsty or smutty ;) Enjoy!

Connor eyed his coffee before looking out of the back window of the moving car. At least his abilities allowed him to keep a steady hand whilst the vehicle was moving at a fast pace.

"Not gonna drink that, Connor?" Lara asked as she looked at him through the rear-view mirror.

He went back to eyeing the coffee once more, "Like I said earlier, Detective. I'm not required to intake beverages as such."

"Ah, shut up, Connor and just fuckin' drink it." Hank pushed as the car came to a stop.

Lara smacked Hank around the back of the head, "Don't force him if he doesn't want to!" He just groaned in response as he kept his eyes on the road in front of him. Lara then caught a glimpse in the mirro of Connor taking the smallest of sips of the coffee. His LED was spinning yellow as he tried to process what he had drank.

A few moments later he instantly looked at me through the mirror with an expression of shock, "This beverage is 81% sugar!"

"Eighty one percent?!" Hank exclaimed.

"What?!" the woman questioned, "I like sweet things!"

"Eighty one percent is way out of line, Lara!" her father continued with anger.

"I am 99.99% certain that this coffee is not good for your health, Lara." Connor stated.

She smiled at him over her shoulder, "You like it though, right? Don't deny it."

Silence.

"Yes." he mumbled with a slight nod before taking another sip, "At least sugar doesn't affect my systems. At least androids can't get, what you humans refer to as, 'hyper'."

-x-

"We're gonna catch a deviant!" Connor exclaimed as he burst out of the car, instantly running towards the convenient store with his LED constantly flashing a bright red, "Nothing can stop me now!" He would've looked like a deviant if anyone saw him now.

Hank slowly turned his head to look at his daughter, "This is one hundred percent your fault..."

"He did say that androids can't get hyper."

"Well it was obviously mistold some information by Cyber Life! Don't ever give it sugar again! It acts likes a goddamn child!"

"Okay! Okay!" she replied before getting out of the car, closing the door behind her. Hank followed, closing his door.

He then went to close the door that Connor left open, "The fucker spilt the rest of the coffee all over the back seat!" he exclaimed before slamming the door shut in frustration. Lara tried to supress a giggle, "This isn't funny, young lady! If that little shit does anything else like this again, I will shoot him!"

Moments later, Connor exited the convenient store and walked slowly towards the pair, "The man in there doesn't like androids..." he muttered.

-x-

Hank had spoken to the convenient store cashier about the AX400 deviant. He said the deviant tried to steal food and a stuffed fox toy.

"The toy must've been for the girl." Lara stated. Connor nodded in agreement.

Rain started to pour as another cop car pulled up. Hank walked over and started talking to another officer.

Lara stayed next to Connor, "You okay, Connor?"

"Perfect, Lara. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, you did tell me that androids can't get hyper... And then you proceeded to run down the street like a lunatic." she smiled as she folded her arms.

Connor smiled back before folding his own arms, "The contents within the beverage fried some of my circuits, causing my behaviour to alter. Everything is stablisied now, though."

"Wouldn't have you any other way, Connor." she nudged his folded arms with hers before walking towards Hank.

"What are you gonna do with that thing?" the officer looked over towards Connor.

"That 'thing' has a name." Lara glared at him.

Hank rolled his eyes, "I have no idea." he spoke to the officer, ignoring Lara's comments. Hank then began to walk back towards Connor, Lara grabbed his arm stopping him in his tracks.

"When are you gonna realise that he is more than just a machine?" she asked.

He shook his head, "I'm not having this conversation with you, Lara." he pulled away and continued his walk. She followed slowly.

As Hank spoke to Connor, Lara couldn't help but look at the android the whole time. She seemed fascinated by the way the rain matted his hair slightly and trailed down his features.

She thought that the heavy rain made him look cuter in some weird way... If that was even possible.

-x-

Connor had insisted on going into the abandoned house alone. He supsected that the deviant was close by. As he entered the house, he saw an android standing alone in the centre of the room. A WR600 model with broken features, dried Thirium stained onto his cheek.

"Have you seen an AX400 model?" Connor questioned as he roamed around the ground floor, keeping an eye on the android's stress levels.

"No. Ralph is alone. Ralph hasn't seen anyone." he twitched. Connor walked towards the staircase, noticing that the WR600's stress levels were high.

He began to climb the stairs before looking back at the WR600, "Is there anyone upstairs?"

"No. Ralph is alone. Ralph doesn't let anyone in." he was telling the truth.

There was only one place left to check... Connor peered underneath the stairs... "Quick, Kara!" Ralph suddenly jumped on Connor, allowing the deviant and the girl to escape through the back door.

-x-

"Connor!" Lara approached him as he quickly made his way under the fence.

"The deviant! Did you see which way it went?!"

She shook her head, "No, I-"

"It went that way!" an officer walked over and pointed, "Towards the train station" Lara quickly broke into a sprint. Connor easily caught up and passed her.

Connor almost managed to catch the deviant before it climbed a fence and headed towards the heavy traffic. Lara stumbled forwards before grabbing onto the fence for support, trying to catch her breath.

Hank somehow managed to catch up, "Ah, shit..." he breathed out, "That's fucking crazy." he referenced the deviant and the girl as they made it half way across.

"I can't let it get away!" Connor announced as he tried to climb the fence.

"Connor!" Hank grabbed his arm and pulled him back down, "You're gonna get yourself killed!"

"I have to go after it!"

"Don't, Connor. You will get hurt or killed and I really don't want to see that happen." Lara tried to reason with him.

After a few moments, Connor shook his head, "I can't take that chance!" he broke out of the Lieutenant's grasp and climbed the fence swiftly.

*SOFTWARE INSTABILITY V V V*

"Connor!" Lara called after him as he slid down the hill towards the traffic. He started to dodge the cars. She narrowed her eyebrows as she quickly climbed the fence, too quick for her dad to even attempt to stop her.

"Lara? What the hell are you doing?!"

"I can't let him get hurt, dad!" she called back as she put her focus on Connor.

"Connor!" Hank shouted causing the RK800 to turn and see Lara beginning to dodge traffic, "You let my daughter get fucking killed I swear... I will have Cyber Life shut you down for good!" That caused Connor's LED to flicker yellow. No. He wasn't afraid to shut down. He wasn't afraid to die. Right?

The RK800 android quickly glanced between the deviant, who was now nearing the other side, and Lara. 34% chance of survivablity. That was way too low but... He took another look at the deviant... He had to complete his mission... Nothing else mattered right now.

As he looked back at Lara, the chance of survivabily began to drop drastically all the way down to 11% as an oncoming truck headed her way.

Screw the mission. There was no way he was going to be the cause of the Detective's death.

He ran back towards where Lara was - His LED a hard red. She tripped over a small stone that had made its way onto the road. Connor acted fast as he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into the middle section of the road, safely, just before the truck managed to hit her.

The woman was in a daze as Connor scanned her over, holding her in his arms, "Lara, are you okay?" he questioned. He noticed blood had began to soak through the sleeve of her arm. He assumed that a car had grazed her on the way by.

She nodded and spoke with a shaky voice, "Y-Yeah. I-I'm fine. I'm good." she paused, "You could have caught deviant. I would have been fine."

He decided to tell her, "You only had an 11% chance of survivabilty, Lara. I couldn't standby and watch you get injured or worse, die." his arms had tightened around her on instinct.

Why was he doing this? He was an android. Not a deviant. Never a deviant. No. That wasn't going to happen. He just had a mishap within his software, that's all. Nothing Cyber Life can't fix.

Connor then undid his tie and proceeded to wrap it gently around Lara's wound. He gave her a smile once he had finished.

Lara quickly put her arms around the android's neck and hugged him, the thought of her almost dying running through her head, "Thank you, Connor."

"I-It was nothing, Detective. Really." he said as he stood up, pulling Lara up with him.

Stuttering? Why was he stuttering? He wasn't supposed to do that. No. Again. Just a mishap. Cyber Life will fix it.

*SOFTWARE INSTABILITY ^^^*

Cyber Life will fix it.

*SOFTWARE INSTABILITY ^^^*

Cyber Life might be able to fix it.

*SOFTWARE INSTABILITY ^^^*

-x-

More officers had arrived to calm the traffic, effectively blocking off the road momentarily so Connor could carefully lead Lara back to safety. He had a protective arm around her as they made their way back over to Hank.

Hank quickly pulled Lara away from Connor and into a hug, "Jesus Christ, Lara! You scared the shit out of me!"

She patted his back in response, "I'm fine, I'm fine."

"Don't ever fucking do something like that again. If something ever happened to you, I don't know what I would do."

Lara pulled away with a smile, "I'll try my best to stay out of trouble from now on."

Both Lara and Hank then looked towards Connor, he had his hands behind his back as he stared at the duo. Hank finally gave in and sighed, "Thank you, Connor. Thank you for saving Lara instead of going after the deviant. We'll have plenty of chances to catch her again."

Lara raised an eyebrow at him, "'Her'?"

"It!" he shouted, "I meant 'it'!"

"Sure you did..." Lara smirked. She then looked back at Connor before kissing him on the cheek, "Thanks again, Connor."

Connor felt his fans speed up, trying to cool down his systems. His LED continuously flickering blue/yellow/red. What was happening to him?

The glare that Hank sent Connor didn't go unnoticed as the trio walked away and headed back towards the car they arrived in...