Static Between Heartbeats

Right, so the diagnostics are in. Apparently, human connection requires…proximity? Who coded *that* bug.
I usually deal with server farms and rogue AI, patching existential holes in reality before breakfast. But then Leo showed up, all clumsy hands and a need to ‘fix’ my vintage synth—a machine working perfectly fine, mind you—and suddenly I was recalibrating my entire operating system.
He said the city felt cold without someone to share its grey with. Pathetic, really. Efficient algorithms don't complain about atmospheric conditions.
I almost pointed out that his logic circuits were malfunctioning; a faulty premise leads to inevitable errors, after all. But he just looked at me, and for a moment, the chipped concrete behind him blurred like an unrendered texture in a glitching game.
The suit? It’s…a prototype. Temperature regulation is notoriously difficult during periods of emotional volatility. Don't ask questions you aren’t prepared to debug.
He touched my hand then, just brushed his fingers across mine while handing me a hot chocolate—an utterly illogical gesture considering the ambient temperature—and I had to run a full system reboot. Still haven't found where that data went.

Editor: The Debugger