Pairing/Characters: Echo, Boyd Langton
Disclaimer: Dollhouse belongs to Joss Whedon and company.
Prompts: Written for round one of drabbles20in20 for the technical challenge of heroic.
Notes: Set after the events of 1x02 "The Target."
A subtle shift in their relationship occurs when she saves him. It makes her the hero just as the action bonds them more tightly together. He can no longer view her as a simple doll waiting to be filled with someone's fantasy. She's more than that even when Topher wipes her clean, Boyd can feel the wait of her concern. He trusts her with his life just as she trusts him. The only difference between their mutual trust in one another is that Boyd wasn't programmed to trust. And he knows that she trusts him underneath the layers of programming.