I have a niche Dispatch AU based on a movie I watched not long ago.
So, it’s somewhat based on the movie Bones And All, though it’s more so the lore of the movie rather than the exact plot. To preface (warning for mild to medium spoilers) in the movie, there’s a subsection of the human population that not only is capable of eating other people, but has uncontrollable hunger for it, which gets worse the longer they go without eating it. They’re called Eaters in the movie and they also have a heightened sense of smell.
So, basically, Robert is an Eater in this au. Whether it’s from his dad’s side (something about how even the “best heroes” exploiting people) or his mom’s side (Elliot possibly being his “mom” so to speak), it’s something he has to balance with being a hero. Maybe he has to deal in shadier parts of town in order to keep himself from chomping into his next lead into Red Ring. He did eat Flambe’s fingers though, having lost hold over stash.
I can only imagine how interactions with Z Team might differ. Maybe Robert takes particular interest in Sonar’s human meat substitute idea, or maybe Coupe hooks Robert up with some mob connections? Visi is absolutely going to feel some kind of way when she realizes he could possibly literally bite her head off. The only people who knew about Robert’s condition were himself, his dad, Eliot, probably Chase, and maybe some of the other members of their team.
