For @connor-sent-by-cyberlife ‘s DBH Late Summer prompt 1 - Fireflies.
I like to imagine that Kara, Luther, and Alice found themselves a rustic farmhouse with a large backyard, and this night about half an hour after putting Alice to bed they hear her excited footsteps as she races back down the stairs, confessing that she had been pretending to be asleep and had seen fireflies outsider her window. So they all head outside to admire them.
I haven't had the time to fully join in on the Late summer prompt challenge by @connor-sent-by-cyberlife, I've been moving out and its been super stressful!! last night i decided to try to catch up on some of my favourite prompts- but i would've liked to do an entire piece per day T^T
Again a little late, but I really wanted to do a combination of the prompts "Swimming" and "Summer Rain"
for my Detroit: Become Human Prompt Challenge "Late Summer"
Day 5 + 10
Imagine they're on a little getaway, just the two of them. And they stay at a very lonely place, so going for a swim completely naked isn't a problem ;) .
Here's Markus for Day 1: Fireflies of the DBH Late Summer event!!!
This is the first drawing I actually finished without outlines, and I think it actually came out alright. I'm somewhere between "oh my god this is the best piece I've done yet" and "oh my god is this really the best art I'm capable of???" so please just take it lol
Detroit: Become Human Prompt Challenge from @connor-sent-by-cyberlife
Day ten- Swimming
Words- 1312
The Jericrew teaches Connor to swim.
Ao3 or
Tensions had been exceedingly high at New Jericho. A new android rights bill was on the verge of passing, but they were locked in a waiting game. While the courts deliberated the leaders of Jericho could do nothing but patiently wait in tense anticipation. It was, in a word, stressful.
So it was the perfect time to take a break and unwind.
North had decided. She had loudly declared that she had never been to a beach before, a statement they all shared besides Markus who had accompanied Carl to his lake house once when he had been in better health. The idea of relaxing on the sand, away from the public eye, was too appealing for any of them to pass up.
“I keep forgetting your father is rich,” Simon commented when they arrived. Carl had eagerly lent them use of the beach house for their excursion, happy both that they were taking a break and that the place would be getting some use.
“You keep forgetting about one of the largest financial backers for New Jericho?” Markus laughed.
North gave Markus a gentle, affectionate nudge with her elbow. “I think he’s saying that he keeps forgetting you’re a rich boy,” she teased. “Now come on, I’m not here for the house. Where’s the lake?”
It was a rhetorical question as the lake was visible from where they were standing. She grabbed the arms of the two people closest to her and dragged them forward. She led the group down to the sand, Markus in one hand, Connor in the other.
North had insisted they invite Connor to join them as soon as the trip had been confirmed, something they all eagerly agreed to. The only one who seemed reluctant about it had been Connor, but they had come to expect that from him. He always seemed hesitant to do anything that didn’t involve work.
The five of them wandered onto the beach, Josh lagging behind a bit carrying some of the supplies they had brought with them. “It’s beautiful,” he commented.
It really was. The day was pleasantly warm and there wasn’t too much wind, so the waves were gentle. Fluffy clouds floated across the clear blue sky. A perfect day.
“There’s a volleyball net!” North exclaimed excitedly. It was in a bit of disrepair, weather having taken its toll on it after being left out for the past couple of years, but it was still functional. “We bought a ball, right?”
Josh set down the bag he was carrying, opening it to sift through its contents. “I think so. Ah, here it is.”
He tossed the ball to North who caught it easily. “I’m ok doing that first,” Simon said, looking excited to play. “How do we want to do the teams?”
“I can simply observe if it makes things easier,” Connor offered, speaking up for the first time since they left New Jericho.
North frowned slightly. She knew Connor was a bit of a fish out of water in social situations, but they were his friends. There was no way in hell they were going to leave him out. She opened her mouth to voice her objection, but Markus beat her to it.
“Oh no, I don’t think so,” he said, there was a teasing note to his voice, but a gentle understanding in his expression. “You are having some fun whether you want to or not.”
“But there are five of us,” Connor objected. “The teams will not be even.”
“I don’t see a problem with that,” Simon piped up. “You and Markus can be on a team against the three of us.”
“Yeah,” North agreed. “I’d love to see what you fancy RK models are capable of.”
“Oh, this sounds like fun,” Josh agreed.
It was fun. With the teams decided, they began the game and Connor took to it like he did everything, with military-grade efficiency. By the end, it was unanimously decided that the next time, he and Markus had to be separated.
“Well, I don’t know about you guys,” Simon announced, “but I’m ready to go for a swim.”
The suggestion was met with general enthusiasm from nearly everyone. It wasn’t until they were in the water that North realized Connor hadn’t joined them. Judging by Markus’s disappointed expression, she guessed he had noticed around the same time.
“I’ll go talk to him,” North volunteered, already moving towards the shore without waiting for a response.
Connor had seated himself on the sand near the water. To most, he would appear to be relaxed, but North knew him well enough to recognize the cautious tension in his posture. He looked up at her as she approached, but said nothing.
“What’s wrong, Connor,” she asked, getting right to the point.
“Nothing is wrong,” he insisted.
North sat down next to him, giving him a skeptical look. “Then why didn’t you come with us? You know we want you here, right?” She knew he had issues with feeling out of place, like he didn’t belong, but she had hoped he understood by now that they were his friends.
“I know, I don’t doubt that,” he told her. “I would like to join you, but I am afraid that's not a possibility. I don’t have a swimming program.”
North frowned. “You can’t swim? But that’s a standard program. Why wouldn’t CyberLife have included it? What did they plan to do if you fell in a river or something during an investigation?”
Connor shrugged. “My memory would have been uploaded to a new model and it would have been sent out to replace me.”
The casual way he said it did nothing to lessen the way it seemed to slap her in the face. It was easy to forget sometimes that CyberLife built him to essentially be disposable. It made her thirium pump ache every time.
“Well, that’s bullshit,” she told him. She stood up, gesturing for him to follow her lead. “Come on.”
Connor looked baffled, but did as she directed.
“If they didn’t give you the right program, we’ll help you write your own,” North explained as she guided him into the water.
The others swam over to join them, as they approached, catching the tail end of the conversation in the process. “Connor,” Josh asked. “Why didn’t you tell us you couldn’t swim?”
“It didn’t seem critical,” he answered. His LED was blinking yellow as he stared at the water around him. He was only about waist deep, but it still appeared to concern him.
Markus gently put an arm around his shoulders. “We won’t let anything happen to you,” he promised. “If it gets to be too much, you can always stop. We want you to have fun.”
Connor looked up at him and nodded, still a bit hesitantly. “I suppose the ability to swim would likely be beneficial,” he conceded.
The next few hours were spent attempting to teach CyberLife’s most advanced prototype how to keep his head above water. North couldn’t help but find it amusing that he managed to look like a newborn deer, kicking his legs uselessly in an uncoordinated way as he tried to tread water. But, by the time evening rolled around, Connor had managed to adapt his code enough to accommodate the basics. He was still a bit awkward, but they didn’t need to worry that he would be unable to stay afloat.
The five of them lounged on the beach, enjoying the remainder of their evening around a small bonfire. North observed that Connor finally looked relaxed, smiling, and LED bright blue as he chatted with Simon and Josh. It was a wonderful sight.
“I think we did good today,” Markus told her quietly as he settled down next to her.
She cuddled close to him with a smile. “Yeah, I think so too,” she agreed.
