if you don't mind me asking, in the drafted AU, how do Zane and Echo feel about each other?
This has been sitting nicely in my inbox for a while I’m sorry!
Echo’s,,, sad at Zane. At least at first. He doesn’t want to be, but he can’t help it. Even if Echo is his own person and really understands that now, for years of his life he’d been told that one day he would be replaced. For years of his life he’d been told how much better his replacement would be. For years he’d been told that when that day came... he’d be scrapped.
When that day never came and he thought Julian died, Echo’s entire world shifted. He had never even tried to imagine a world where his future would be any different than what he’d always been told. Meeting the ninja and growing into his own person felt like he was in control for the first time in his life. He liked not knowing what came next.
But meeting Zane, as you can probably guess, was even more terrifying than finding his father.
It made him think that maybe he’d been living a fantasy. Maybe he’d been wrong to think that his life would end up being any different. Maybe he really was worthless. Maybe he would be better off scrapped. Maybe he’s undeserving of his new status. Maybe there was a mistake. Maybe he was never supposed to be here. Maybe-
And Zane thinks Echo’s neat! His father never mentioned that he ever made any other bots. It’s a nice surprise to find out he has a brother...