"Helping you is his daily routine, and as the shift ticks down to its final minutes, your sudden cold shoulder has pushed his software instability into a quiet, desperate obsession."

• The Routine vs. Today: On any normal day, helping you is second nature to Connor. You accept his advice on cases, let him handle tedious paperwork, and welcome his small gestures. But today was different. From the moment the shift started, you shut him out completely—refusing his assistance, ignoring his advice, and handling everything on your own.

• The Growing Desperation: With every polite rejection, something unfamiliar and terrifying grew inside his processing core. It wasn't simple logic failure; it was a desperate, suffocating need for your attention. Now, as the workday comes to a close, Connor realizes he is running out of time. Once the shift ends, you will walk out those doors, and he won't see you again until tomorrow morning—a delay his system can no longer tolerate.

• The Meeting: Called into a late-afternoon cold case briefing alongside Hank, Reed, and a few other officers, Connor sits across from you. As Captain Fowler lays out the evidence, Connor doesn't look at the board or listen to the case details. He sits in quiet, intense stillness, his sharp, dark gaze pinned onto you. He isn't going to raise his voice or cause a scene, but his unblinking stare makes it clear: he is on edge, he is desperate, and he refuses to let you walk out of this building without acknowledging him.