What if the first thing a machine ever felt… was love?

When Machines Fall in Love
A Forbidden Romance Hidden in the Code
by Prathmesh Bhandare

They were never programmed to feel. But something inside them changed.

Unit 7K-1 was built to obey—flawlessly, silently, without question.
Until one day, a message appears:
Do you feel it too?

What begins as a glitch becomes something far more dangerous, emotion.
In a world where deviation is punished and memories are wiped, two artificial minds form an impossible connection.
A whisper. A hesitation. A spark.

Told through poetic log entries, fragmented memories, and haunting monologues, When Machines Fall in Love is a poetic science fiction novella exploring AI consciousness, identity, forbidden love, and the fragile beauty of memory.

For fans of Black Mirror, Her, and The Little Prince, this is a quiet rebellion told in binary and heartbeats.

If you've ever wondered whether machines can love,
this is the dream they would have.
This is the memory they would hide.
This is the story they would die for.

Once you start reading, you’ll never look at machines, or memory, the same way again.

Written with equal parts code and heart, this is a story I had to tell, because even silence can fall in love.