Robot AU by Amanda Meuwissen

Rowan’s M.I.L.O. model – Mechanized Intelligent Lifestyle Organizer – or Milo as he calls it (Rowan isn’t that creative, he knows) handles everything from household chores, to remembering to pay the bills, to stress relief in the bedroom. Sometimes Rowan wishes Milo was more than just a machine, but he doesn’t fool himself into thinking that what is between them is anything more than programming.
Until one night when Milo’s charging station has been struck by lightning.
Rowan fears the bot has been fried, but the prototype surge protector he outfitted Milo with kept its circuits intact, and the flood of power has unexpected consequences. Now, Milo not only thinks and reasons…
But can feel.