Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dr. Gurathin/Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Post-Hacking of Murderbot's Governor Module (Murderbot Diaries), Canon-Typical Violence, First Meetings, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Drug Addiction, Class Struggle, Snowed In (But Make It A Mine Shaft), Huddling For Warmth, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, But Hey! They Can Cope Badly Together!, The Corporation Rim Is Terrible (Murderbot Diaries) Dystopias Are Notoriously Bad For The ND, Rating May Change, Other Additional Tags to Be Added.
Distantly, Gurathin remembered the union snipers on the upper floors, the drone clouds they'd all coded in case of emergency. The dull ache of his body, sharper on the side of his head, was fighting the painkillers he'd gotten loaded on beforehand. His feed was a panorama of warnings and the empty boxes of blocked ads.
He was cannon fodder with no actual conviction, an indentured systems engineer with expensive augments. The SecUnit advancing over his sprawled shape hadn't come for him - Not really.