#falloutfebruary

#falloutfebruary from @falloutfandomeventhub​ with Raul for the prompt improvised weapons

Set in a larger The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly/ FNV crossover, but all my prompt fills will be standalone and you don’t need to have watched the movie.

→ are there ghosts in your chest?: 1.6k, rated G.

Summary: Courier Six has been awake for less than a week and she’s already made a new friend.   

Additional tags: Howard Hughes blues, toasters, grief, radio, friendly banter. 

A sample:

“Already months late, and now I don’t even know if this’ll be enough caps to get into the Strip.”

“What’s a girl like you going to a place like that for?”

She strapped a machete to her thigh. “The package I was supposed to deliver was for a Mr House.”

“The Mr House?”

#falloutfebruary from @falloutfandomeventhub​ with everyone’s favorite Veronica for the prompt caravans and trade

Set in a larger The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly/ FNV crossover, but all my prompt fills will be standalone and you don’t need to have watched the movie.

→weapon of choice: 1.3k, rated T for a brief mention of canon-typical violence.

Summary: wherein Courier Six tries to fix the price of salt.   

Additional tags: canon-typical violence, flirting through violence, salt trade, bodice ripping, capitalism, not the mob but not NOT the mob? 

A sample:

Six remembered three things from her old life a week after waking up. One, half of the plot of the last romance novel she read, but not the title or the author or the cover. Two, a news brief about a spectacularly dumb grift that had finally blown up in two outlaws’ faces somewhere on the Big Circle. Three, men and other people in general were okay but girls, specifically this girl in front of her, a stocky brunette with a power fist and a power stance, were where it’s at. 

kickin off #falloutfebruary with arcade for the prompt radiation

Set in a larger The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly/ FNV crossover, but all my prompt fills will be standalone and you don't need to have watched the movie.

→  preventative measures, signs & symptoms: 1.2k, rated T for bad jokes

Summary: Courier Six tries and fails to distract Arcade from a recent breakup while trying to get the Lucky 38′s reactor fixed. 

A sample:

#falloutfebruary from @falloutfandomeventhub with Boone for the prompt ruin

Set in a larger The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly/ FNV crossover, but all my prompt fills will be standalone and you don’t need to have watched the movie.

→ another dreamless night, you’re not by my side: 900 words, rated M for Missile Launcher

Summary: Cleanup at Cottonwood Cove. 

Additional tags: fridged wife, the heterosexuals at it again, gleeful murder of Legion, dogs.  

A sample:

#falloutfebruary with Cass and ED-E for the prompt wasteland recipes

also #femslashfebruary with Courier Six and Christine and Veronica.

Set in a larger The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly/ FNV crossover, but all my prompt fills will be standalone and you don’t need to have watched the movie.

→ indifference and disinterest in what the critics say: 1.8k, rated T for alcohol

Summary: Cass goes on local public radio and talks about moonshine.   

Additional tags: just so much alcohol, radio interview, investigative journalism, empires, monopolies, Old World Blues.

A sample:

Tuco is from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in my GBU/ FNV crossover, but this one is standalone and you don’t need to have watched the movie.

→luck be a lady, 2.2k, rated T for a brief allusion to violence against women with no specifics.

Summary: Veronica and Six have a relaxing night out on the town, courtesy of Gomorrah. 

Additional tags: canon-typical violence, the mob, spies, schemes, wheeling and dealing, gambling on more than just caps, fancy dresses. 

A sample:

“All your girls look half dead and I want to know why. I don’t want that bullshit happening outside my front door.” 

He stalled for time to take in the scars, which certainly did look real. “You’re that courier who got shot in the head, huh?”

“I got better.” 

#falloutfebruary with Lily and Rex for the prompt different era aesthetic

also #femslashfebruary with Courier Six and Veronica and an off-screen Christine.

Set in a larger The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly/ FNV crossover, but all my prompt fills will be standalone and you don’t need to have watched the movie.

→  half remembered rumors of the old: 2.7k, rated M for offscreen comfort sex and unethical science.

Additional tags: Teddy Roosevelt 1900s lodge, comfort sex, femslash feb, dementia, unethical science, a dog dies offscreen, mention of dogs as a source of protein. No specific gory details are given re: dogs.

A sample:

#falloutfebruary with Christine Royce for the prompt aftermath

also #femslashfebruary with Courier Six and Christine and an off-screen Veronica.

Set in a larger The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly/ FNV crossover, but all my prompt fills will be standalone and you don’t need to have watched the movie.

→  begin again (in the night): 3.4k, rated E for canon-typical violence in the Dead Money DLC. 

Additional tags: aftermath of a hostage situation and a character dealing with medical abuse, fade to black comfort sex/holy shit we're alive sex, regular flavor hurt/comfort, canon-typical violence, self-righteousness, battle couple, leaving a group that was very bad for you. 

A sample: