Welcome to My Agony Box

Codsworth: If robots could cry. He hears ‘Nate’ and immediately bursts out into a round of simulated wailing, one robotic arm extending to their shoulder. “Oh, Mum/Sir, I’m so sorry,” he whines. Sole tries to laugh it off– “It’s nothing,” they try. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to say that. Freudian slip.” Codsworth has known them long enough to know that it was more than that, and there’s some part of him that’s relieved that Sole misses Nate as much as he does.Curie: She is unaware who Nora is, but judging by the way that Sole gets themselves choked up when Curie asks who it is, she’s only to assume that it’s someone important. She’s never heard the name before then, and it’s not until she notices them fidgeting with an old wedding band around their ring finger that she pieces the puzzle together, and she frowns, drawing Sole into a hug. “I am sorry, Madame/Monsieur, I was just taken off guard, no? I am sorry to bring up painful memories.” Sole can’t begin to describe how much it isn’t her fault, so they don’t even try.Danse: He’s almost positive that they’re trying to guess his first name or something at first, until they let out a laugh. “Sorry,” they say. “You just– something you did just now, it reminded me of something that my husband used to do.” Danse’s face gets hot, and he pauses, shoulders raising stiffly in his suit. Sole can apparently see just how flustered he’s gotten, because they smile softly. “Sorry– too much?” Danse shakes his head. “No,” he answers simply. “…I’m sorry that he cannot be here in place of me.”Deacon: He passes it off. It’s easy for him to laugh and grin when Sole calls out ‘Nate’ and not ‘Deacon.’ “Shit, Sole,” he calls back, free hand shoving itself back into his pockets before he shrugs. “Never thought of going by that for a code name. It’s a pretty good one.” Sole watches him before they just smile appreciatively. Sometimes it’s good to have someone to mess around with– and they know that Deacon gets it. You know, probably. Dogmeat: It isn’t directly aimed towards Dogmeat as much as it’s mumbled under Sole’s breath at something that they remembered. Dogmeat’s been following sole around long enough to know that it’s no good, though, and he whines as he nudges his head up against their open palm. Sole blinks past tears before they look down at him. “Hey, boy, what’s wrong?” Dogmeat whines, licking Sole’s hand. He can sense when they’re hurting, and now is one of those times.Hancock:  Sole catches the slip before Hancock does, and they try to apologize, but Hancock just grins over at them. “He must’ve been pretty damn great if seein’ me’s remindin’ you of him, Sole,” he muses as he flicks the ashes from the end of his cigarette. “Ever need to talk about him, I’m all ears. If alcohol’s gonna need to be in the picture, let me know, we can plan in advance.” Sole just laughs and nudges him, but the smile on their lips tells Hancock that they appreciate the gesture.MacCready: He’s called them ‘Lucy’ more times than either of them can count, and he’s called Shaun ‘Duncan’ a handful of times as well. Regardless of whether or not they’re family, they’re close enough to feel like it, and especially when things get deep, MacCready couldn’t be frustrated with them if he tried. Whenever he’s called ‘Nate’, the both of them ignore it– it was just another mistake, and maybe someday they’ll heal enough to be able to stop. But he could never be upset about it.Nick: “Sounds similar enough, Sole, you’ve got the ‘N’ down pat. Just a few syllables off.” Nick watches Sole’s expression flicker from distress to anger, before it settles on bemusement. “I mean, we’ve been travelling together a while, don’t get too warm and fuzzy on me,” Nick jests, though there’s a fuzziness in his chest he can’t wipe away. For some reason, it hurts to know that Sole’s going through all of that in their head.Piper: She understands. It’s hard losing someone, and it’s even harder when someone else reminds you of them. When Sole slips and calls her Nora while they’re writing an article together, Piper can tell that they know they did it. She sees it in their face as soon as they look up in utter embarrassment, cheeks dusted with red. As soon as they open their mouth, though, Piper just grins and hastily reaches for a stale stick of Big Pops Bubblegum, shoving in their mouth. “Gum always helps me focus, Blue. Why don’t we try to do something else for a minute?” Sole looks shocked before they just laugh, raising a hand to wipe their face. “…You’re ridiculous, Pipes, you know that?”Preston: He doesn’t mention it, and Sole doesn’t notice it. They’re too busy figuring out rations to send out to the Minutemen Settlements when Sole speaks. “We just gotta ready the brahmin with a pack saddle, Nate, and we can send him over with one of the settlers and a gun. It isn’t too far.” Preston nods, standing up. “I’ll right on it, General.” He doesn’t realize the name until he’s starting to pack a saddle, and it isn’t something that gets to him too badly, either. So long as Sole feels comfortable with him, that’s all that matters to him.Strong: “Name Strong. Not Nate,” he answers gruffly, and Sole blinks. He’s pretty sure that they look scared, but Sole’s honestly just confused as to how they accidentally mistook Strong for their loving husband, but it still stings all the same. Strong thinks nothing more of it– however, he can’t help but be offended at the sheer notion of Sole mistaking him for some basic squishie human.X6-88: “That is not my designation,” he says simply, watching them. Sole blinks dumbly, watching him before they laugh and glance aside. “Right. I’m sorry, X6, I slipped up.” X6 is familiar with the name– He’s learned it in records on Father’s history. ‘Nate’ was Sole’s husband, X6 is no fool, and he’s absolutely not going to push any further. “It is typical of you to. Humans are flawed. But it’s alright.”

Hey! This ask is so old that you’re deactivated! But thank you very much, I just remembered that I love Fallout 4′s companions, let’s see if I can spin something old tonight, shall we?

Sorry guys turns out I’ve been Billy the Ghoul the whole time.

I dunno why don’t you ask Shaun

Yes.

Cait: Her arms are crossed against her chest as Sole cracks up about a picture they found while they were searching some still in-tact terminal. “Listen, Sole, we gotta get going,” she tries, but Sole’s just losing their shit and repeating ‘Meet me in the pit, Cait!’ She can’t figure out what’s so funny, but Sole laughing so hard winds up getting a few giggles out of her.  Codsworth: Codsworth remembers all of the old memes from Sole and their spouse laughing over the terminal in their house. He looks as happy as a Mr. Handy can look when he finds Sole laughing over some old meme. Codsworth doesn’t even think to ask questions, merely continuing on with his work cleaning up around Sanctuary.   Curie: Curie knows completely well what ‘Bon appetite’ means, but when Sole finds an old picture of a poorly-made looking meal captioned with “Bone apple teeth” and Sole begins cracking up, she doesn’t understand. “Bone apple teeth, Curie!” they cry out. Curie shakes her head. “Oh, madame/monsieur, I’m sure you do mean ‘bon appetite’, yes?”  Danse: Sole knows that Danse has taken a liking to a few cats around the Wastes, so when they finally manage to find a few old cat memes, including (but not limited to) long cat, they can’t help but laugh before they drag Danse over to see. Danse looks strangely interested, a smile on his face as he expresses the fact that he has never seen these in the Brotherhood archives.Deacon: You remember the meme where the CSI guy puts on sunglasses and a singer goes “YEEEAAAAH” in the background? Okay. So Sole shows Deacon a picture with that and immediately Deacon takes off his sunglasses, looks at Sole and goes- “Your sense of humor’s gotten pretty stale, Sole.” He puts the sunglasses back on and goes “YeeEAAAAH,” and Sole can’t help but lose their god damn mind, hands raising to cover their mouth while they laugh. Deacon’s got the most sly-ass look on his face.Dogmeat: Sole finds the doge meme programmed into a terminal, and they snort. “Look, boy!” They carefully lift Dogmeat by his paws so that he’s ‘standing’ and they point at the terminal, laughing. “It’s you!” Dogmeat barks.Hancock: He’s already having a great time before Sole pulls up a picture of an old news article. “Florida Man Calls Police To Report His Missing Drugs.” Sole’s just snorting, but Hancock’s the first one to actually laugh. “What kind of god damn idiot?” he calls out, leaning in as he urges Sole to somehow locate some more. He’s never been to Florida, but he wonders briefly if this Florida Man is still out there.MacCready: “Mac,” Sole whispers, looking over at him. There’s a smirk on their lips. MacCready adjusts his gun and moves over towards them. “Yeah, what’s up?” Sole just presses play on the holotape they found in the terminal. “Listen to this.” As soon as they press play, a drum starts playing, fading into a tune, and Sole’s immediately leaned over the desk howling with laughter. MacCready’s baffled, especially as the lyrics start playing. “’We’re no strangers to love. You know the rules, and so do I.’” Sole manages to sing along through laughter, and MacCready snorts. “Glad you’re having a good time there, boss.”Nick: Whatever meme Sole finds, Nick looks absolutely unamused. “Nick, this is classic comedy!” they argue, rolling their eyes. “Come on, you can’t tell me this isn’t gold!” Nick glances over to see a UFO on the screen with the caption “I want to believe” and Sole snickers before they look at him with a big cheesy grin. “I bet you I could edit this and stick the Mysterious Stranger on there, Valentine.”Piper: “Callout Post for Piper Wright!” Sole calls out, turning from their terminal. Piper blinks and looks over. “I’m- sorry, what?” Sole grins wide, laughing. “Her articles are more well thought-out than you would think!!” Piper snorts, and when Sole explains it to her, she’s sold. “We have to make one of these for everyone in Diamond City,” she decides.Preston: It’s a dog wearing a cowboy hat with the words “What in tarnation” written beside it. Before Preston can say anything, Sole presses a finger to the screen and goes “That’s you,” with a completely straight face before they start cracking up. Preston doesn’t know what to say, but he smiles and shakes his head. “Very funny, General,” he muses, tugging his hat down just a bit. Strong: He doesn’t know what a frog is, but Sole sure seems to find this one pretty funny. When Sole finally catches their breath, Strong asks what was making them laugh, and they tell him “That’s just Pepe.” He wonders, briefly, if Sole was friends with this “Pepe.”X6-88: He doesn’t find it funny, really. He kind of looks at Sole, who has doubled over laughing over a simple sentence, repeating “But that ain’t my problem!!” between fits of laughter. “Come on, is that really the extent of humor of the 21st century?”

Cait: Cait wouldn’t have pegged Sole for a singer. Aside from drunken nights obnoxiously singing along to Diamond City Radio, Cait’s not expecting it when she follows Sole into Shaun’s room only to have them kiss his forehead and start singing some pre-war lullaby. She holds back a chuckle before she leans back against them, watching them sing. It isn’t until they slip out that she snorts and punches them in the shoulder. “I didn’t know ye could sing, Sole.”Curie: Curie almost looks like she’s going to cry. Shaun had come out to the living room rubbing his eyes and telling Sole that he couldn’t sleep. Letting out a little hum, Sole sort of pats their lap and lets him sit down before they card their fingers through Shaun’s hair and start singing. Curie winds up leaning into Sole’s side, and although the lullaby was fully intended to just get Shaun to sleep, they find Curie’s drifted off as well.Danse: He’s sitting right beside Sole humming along. He’s heard them singing little tunes along with Diamond City City while they’re travelling, so it’s not too much of a shock when they sing to Shaun, too. After Shaun drifts off, he probably presses a kiss to their cheek and whispers, “You should sing more often.”Hancock: Hancock walks in on it. He’s usually outside or just generally preoccupied when Sole puts Shaun to bed, but tonight he goes in early. When he hears the singing coming from the other room, he sort of snickers before he follows the hall down to Shaun’s room, where Sole’s just finished singing. They jump a little when they see Hancock in the doorway. He laughs and kisses them real quick before he goes, “What, you do that every night?”MacCready: Tucking Shaun into bed together has become something of a new tradition for the couple, but it’s a first when Sole lowers themselves onto the edge of Shaun’s bed and smooths his hair out before they start singing. MacCready’s almost taken aback, but then he gets this smile on his face and just listens. What he wouldn’t give for them to sing to him like that. Maybe he’ll ask some other time. Piper: She starts singing along without a second thought. It’s a song that she knows- she used to sing it to Nat when she was a few years younger, but that doesn’t stop her from jumping right in. Sole’s the surprised one, here- they’re almost embarrassed when Shaun falls asleep and Piper leads her out. “We should sing together more,” she teases. “We have a pretty good harmony.”Preston: He suggests it as if Sole’s never thought of it before. It’s one night when they’re getting back to Sanctuary and Sole mentions that they’ve gotta get Shaun to sleep. Preston suggests it and Sole just kind of snickers at him before they murmur “Great idea,” and they drag him along to sing with them. He didn’t expect to be involved, but the look on Shaun’s face makes up for it.

Cait: There’s not a doubt in my mind that Cait would wear crop tops and skinny jeans. On a hotter day, she’ll pull off high-waisted shorts.Codsworth: The finest stainless steel plating that money can buy.Curie: She’d wear everything from flannels and jeans to summer dresses. She really likes dressing up, and she looks good in everything she puts on.Danse: A t-shirt with an unbuttoned button-up over it, sleeves rolled up to his elbows. Nice, dark jeans with a belt, and everything’s tucked in and neat.Deacon: He doesn’t have a set outfit. Sure, he often sticks to t-shirts and jeans, but one time he went out in public wearing a sundress with high heels and thigh highs.Dogmeat: A collar, like the good dog he is. He probably tends to get out a lot, so he’s gotta have it on all of the time.Hancock: He loves hoodies and t-shirts, and sweatpants that look like they’re just a little bit too big on him.MacCready: He’s never had a fashion sense in his life. That said, everything is telling me to say that he owns a pair of those pants where there is a zipper at the knee that you can unzip to make them into shorts. Also t-shirts. And he’s had the same jacket for probably 15 years of his life.Nick: Assuming he’s still a detective, he’d probably have the Messy Detective Aesthetic. Loose tie, collared shirt, slacks, the trench-coat if it gets too cold out.Piper: She has a strange fondness for finger-less gloves and scarves. Preston: Sweater vests. He loves sweater vests and khakis. On weekends, you can find him in Civil War Reenactments with his buddies.Strong: You remember those black t-shirts with the white text that said “got milk?” Yeah.X6-88: Black clothes. Black shoes. He doesn’t take his sunglasses off. People wonder if he gets too hot in the summer but he doesn’t show signs of being uncomfortable. He probably wears trench coats in the middle of July, just because.

The first time Sole kisses Curie is half unexpected, and she gets excited about it. They’re probably both a little tired- the sun’s already set, and the air is filled with the particularly obnoxious sound of large insects. Sole doesn’t remember them ever being that loud before the war. Maybe Curie’s counting the supplies that they’ve gathered over today’s adventure, and they’re just sort of holed up in a shack. Sole’s just gotten done patching themself up before they lean over and press a kiss to the corner of Curie’s lips. “Great work today, Curie.” Before Sole can pull back, Curie’s looking at them with wide eyes, and she’s grinning as she lifts her hands up and takes either side of Sole’s face in her hands, landing a big one right on their lips. “My love, it is you who have done the most greatest of work!” Sole almost laughs before they kiss her back. It’s not really a competition, but they’re not about to try and stop Curie from looking so damn excited.

Oh my goodness, thank you :> I know my posts are rare but I promise I’m around!!

What’s your definition of ‘alive’?

Nora’s been dealing with fake plastic lenses and blurry lenses since she woke up. She couldn’t bother to tell her what happened to her old glasses, from before the War- they were probably lost in some panic within the first few days she’d woken up, but so much has happened since then. Piper teases her all the damn time since she has to squint to read everything, or pull it closer- especially when it’s one of Piper’s papers. So when they’re out exploring some broken down shops and Nora find yet another pair of glasses that she’s ready to deem useless, but she slips them on to find that, shit, they’re actually working, her face lights right up. Piper notices the change in Nora’s mood and looks to her, but before she can ask what she found she notices the glasses, and Nora’s got Piper’s face in her hands. “You’re even cuter than I thought!” she half-jokes, pressing a rather quick and almost sloppy kiss to her lips before peppering them over her cheeks. “You have freckles. How long have you had freckles?” Piper can’t help but laugh, and she pulls back. “Jesus, Blue, I never realized that you were that god damn blind.” But really, she’s not complaining- she loves seeing Nora this happy.

Hancock: They’re just wandering along the streets when Nora’s gaze falls onto the building. It takes her a solid second before she recognizes why it looks familiar, and her stomach does a flip. By this point, Hancock’s backtracked a few steps upon noticing that Nora’s not by his side like usual, and he almost asks if she’s alright before he notices that he’s got this look on her face- almost like it’s scrunched up and she’s trying not to show just how clearly upset she is. Before he can say anything, she’s opening the door and lifting her gun, ready to clear out whatever the fuck’s been plaguing the place for the last two hundred years. After quite a bit of fighting and stimpaks, they’re in the main hall and Nora’s behind the podium. She looks like a mess as it is, but as soon as she croaks out “War– War never changes,” she’s got that look that just says she’s been through hell and back. When she steps away from it, Hancock’s already striding up to her to wrap her in a hug. She ducks into it, almost embarrassed when she starts crying, but he seems to be fine with it, defaulting to rubbing her back before he asks her if she wants to get out of there. It’s already cleared out, and they can come back again sometime if she wants, but she shakes her head. “All of that’s gone now,” she reassures him. “I miss him. God, I miss him, but it was a long time ago, and I have you now, right?” Hancock gives her this big crooked grin and wipes away her tears before he tugs back and grabs her hand. “What do you say we get out of here and grab a few drinks, then? There’s nothing wrong with relaxing.”

I promise I am still active I’ve just been juggling an ass load of schoolwork and stuff ahaa,,, I just really need to get into the swing of actually writing the posts.

Preston: Preston is accused. He’s all sorts of flustered when he shakes his head. “No, General,” he insists, shaking his head. Before he can say much else, Sole laughs and reassures him that they’re kidding. Strong: Strong is accused. Strong ALWAYS has to look down at puny human! He wasn’t looking at Sole’s ass, no way. He doesn’t know why anybody would.X6-88: X6 is completely stone-faced when he’s accused. He thinks that it was Sole’s idea of a joke, but he merely shakes his head. “Very funny, ma’am/sir, but I would never be caught dead looking at your behind.” He lets himself smirk. “Haha. Just kidding, but really, I was not.”

Cait: Cait’s favorite Pokemon is Hitmonchan.Codsworth: Codsworth’s favorite Pokemon is Minccino.Curie: Curie’s favorite Pokemon is Blissey. Danse: Danse’s favorite Pokemon is Dragonite.Deacon: Deacon’s favorite Pokemon is Ditto, let’s be real here. Dogmeat: Dogmeat’s favorite Pokemon is Poochyena.Hancock: Hancock’s favorite Pokemon is Koffing.MacCready: MacCready’s favorite Pokemon is Cubone.Nick: Nick’s favorite Pokemon is Espeon.Piper: Piper’s favorite Pokemon is Jigglypuff.Preston: Preston’s favorite Pokemon is Deerling.Strong: Strong’s favorite Pokemon is Miltank. X6-88: X6-88′s favorite Pokemon is Scizor.