#M!Sosu

[v4ult-dw3ll3r]

Wanted to share some images of my main / favourite Fallout 4 OC, Eric Dawson 🥰

In my Fallout universe, he’s married to Danse lmao

[m-1-8]

it’s not fraternizing, anymore

[druidgroves]

the only thing i change abt default nate (for georgia's save at least) are his hair color & some of his face textures but otherwise. that's him.

[perfectlypreservedpie]

MacCready Fanfiction Recs (Fallout 4)

hey everybody, nobody asked for this but in the midst of writing fallout fanfic I was feeling a special kind of love for my favorite fo4 fanfics and wanted to recommend them in case you hadn't read 'em. Because they are VERY GOOD and writing fanfic is hard, so you gotta give props to those who sweat for your comfort fics.

I'm gonna recommend my top three finished fanfics, and then two more bonus fics that are being updated rn. As a clarifier, these are all Maccready fallout 4 fics. so. keep that in mind.

im tagging the authors and also anybody who wants to join and share their favorites too!

3. THE FATHER(S) AND THE SON(S) on ao3 by @sirmanmister

I'm going to preface this rec by saying this: there is Fanon MacCready. There is canon MacCready. And then there is ascended!whatBethesdawishesitWAS MacCready, which exists solely in this fanfiction. The characterization of Mac is so well written. He is snarky, he is vulnerable. He desperately wants to grow up but doesn't know how. He has the most sick character arc in this story!!!

It's not a romance but instead a coming of age story where the sole survivor becomes a de-facto parent to Mac. The heart of the story is about how to raise a child while you're still trying to grow up yourself. The apocalypse setting lends itself well because the Wasteland is a place where NOTHING is beautiful, but the way that M!Sosu and MacCready care for their sons is beautiful. Which makes it special and worth fighting for.

As a fun fact, I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy for class a week after finishing this fic and I was thinking about this fic the whole time because the themes of fatherhood during an apocalypse hit a lot of the same beats. Maybe my professor would kick me in the teeth by comparing fic to McCarthy, but @sirmanmister YOU ARE MY CORMAC MCCARTHY <3

2. WORKING CLASS HERO on ao3 by @bluegrasskitty

This is the kind of fic you take with you to toilet, to work, in-between classes. It will suck you in. AND THERE'S A SEQUEL TOO YOU GUYS‼️

The sole survivor in this story is the model for the Nuka Cola girl. You know the hot lady in the spacesuit? SHE HAS A BACKSTORY. AND YALL IT MADE ME WEEP. During some point of the story, I sort of stopped rooting for MacCready to be the narrator and just wanted Nora Cabot to take the reins. When I tell you I think of this oc every two to three business weeks. She's an incredible leading lady. I can't look at Nuka Girl posters in the game without thinking of Nora Cabot, my beloved.

the sequel IS SO FIRE. It's the best reimagining of 'what happened after the institute blew up' that I've ever read. im gnawing at the bars of my enclosure actually.

A VERY GOOD PLOT TWIST I CANNOT MENTION TO NEW READERS BUT IF YOU'VE READ IT YOU'LL UNDERSTAND. AND IF YOU UNDERSTAND DM ME I HAVE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT IT. HHh.

The amount of world building that @bluegrasskitty puts into this story is insane. They ARE Beth Esda.

As a fun fact, I didn't know that radchickens were canon in fallout. I thought it was a plot device made up by this author to excuse the ability to make cake in this book, but radchickens ARE real. When I was playing Far Harbor last year, I found radchickens and thought that @bluegrasskitty manifested them into existence because they had that kind of power.

that being said, I still think this author has that kind of power.

1. Atom Bomb Baby on ao3 by @starlightwrites

I think you dropped something....my jaw.

fellas. fellas. this is my comfort fic. You ever had a comfort fic? Something you come back to at least once a year to reread to feel something? the fiction equivalent of chicken noodle soup? this is what Atom Bomb Baby is to me. this is peak literature actually. if I ever figure out book binding, im doing this one first.

Plot wise, it's a retelling of Fallout 4's main story through the perspective of MacCready. But (and im wheezing as I say this) it's also so much more THAN THAT.

this fic author understands that MacCready is not a womanizer but is in fact a touch starved loser. and they are CORRECT.

MacCready spends the entire fic like 'uuuhhhh I dunno about this one, boss!'

ITS BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS RAHHHHHH

it also has a nostalgia feel to me too, because reading it gives me the same feeling as what it was like to play the game for the first time, years ago. maybe it's because I've read it so many times over the years, but reading it feels so satisfying.

The author spends 10 chapters at the end solely dedicated to an epilogue. I wish more stories did this. They go through the wringer in this story, and it's so deeply satisfying to see how cleanly everything gets wrapped up. MacCready and the Lola work really well together as a couple, so it's awesome to see how they work together after the battle is done.

6 out of 5 stars.

BONUS FICS !! aka fics that are still updating! I squeal with joy when I get an ao3 email about these: 1. Best Laid Plans on ao3 by @druidgroves - Georgia Tate is an incredible character and sole survivor! She was a teacher prewar, so it's really fun to get her perspective on the world. She cares a lot about education and libraries and I find her really relatable and endearing. It's a cool thing for a character in an apocalypse to care about! It also makes for fun tension with Mac, who's written as a pragmatic survivor. A great take on familiar characters and their dynamics. - And It's a great slow burn! I'm really enjoying reading it. 2. Long Time Running on ao3 by @twosides--samecoin - If you've ever thought that Med-Tek was too convenient an option for Duncan's cure, this fic was written with you in mind. - RJ goes to Canada and im obsessed with it. - If you're interested in fallout lore, specifically the bit where the U.S annexed Canada and wished that there was more info about that, I would highly recommend this fic. Twosides--samecoin put in THE WORK. The world building they do to explain Canada's side of the Great War is so fun!!! its genuinely such a thrill to read!

I'm tagging the authors who I mentioned, if you all have favorite fics (fallout or otherwise, I'd love to hear em!) Thank you for making good art!

[hanckocks-dagger]

Masterlist

Header and dividers by @saradika-graphics and @cafekitsune

Prefer to read on Ao3? I crosspost on there! Hancock's Dagger

Requests: Open!

Published:

(In other words) ︱read︱

John Hancock x reader

While high on Hancock’s couch, you get ready to tell him you’re leaving Goodneighbor tomorrow. Trouble is, the thought of kissing him just keeps distracting you. ︱ First kiss ︱ Getting together︱ Hancock is a simp ︱

Shake, rattle and roll ︱read︱

John Hancock x reader

You reunite with your lover after weeks away in the wasteland. The two of you are eager to reconnect ︱sappy smut ︱fluff︱ Hancock is a simp ︱

Well fed ︱read︱

Requested!

John Hancock x reader

After a scuffle on the road, Hancock takes care of you ︱ request! ︱pure porn ︱ trans masc! reader ︱ afab genitalia ︱ oral sex (m recieving) ︱praise kink ︱ knife play ︱service top! hancock ︱

Oh, the night's so blue ︱read pt 1.︱pt. 2 tbd︱ pt. 3 tbd︱

Something turned in my heart pt. 1

John Hancock x reader

implied/potential Nate (SoSu) x reader

After a drunken one night stand with your boss and mayor, you'd planned on hiding out in your room for several months. Those plans get delayed when Nate, general of the Minutemen and childhood friend, asks you and Hancock to join him on a quest in the west of the Commonwealth. ︱pining︱drunk sex so... dubcon?︱fell first/fell harder︱Hancock is a pining simp in this one︱ and a bit of a slut tbh︱ reader is not SoSu︱

Red nightgown blues ︱read︱

John Hancock x reader

Prompt from an ancient Livejournal Fallout kink meme. Not at all sure the original poster is active or has any idea I wrote this, but I figured I'd share it with you guys as well! Please heed the tags! ︱Miscarriage︱ reader has afab! anatomy︱ reader is the SoSu︱ angst (not much actually)︱ hurt/comfort︱ established relationship︱ reader worries about medical conditions︱

To be published:

A girl and her dog ︱August 20th︱

Cooper Howard x reader

A strange sight awaits you at the Super Duper Mart you'd been planning to make a trade at. He doesn't seem all that interested in you, but he does like your dog. ︱first meetings︱canon divergent from e4︱smut!︱

And wondering why it's me you're wronging ︱August 25th︱

John Hancock x reader

He said the mess with Bobby was nothing personal, but the glint in his eyes and his grip on your hips says otherwise ︱request!︱smut︱d/s vibes︱trans!masc reader︱ degradation︱mean Hancock in this one!!︱

Walk my way ︱August 30th︱

John Hanock x reader

You're acting like a schoolchild with a crush, despite being fully grown, second in command of the Minutemen and very much capable of holding John Hancock's hand without feeling like your face was on fire. ︱ new relationship ︱ flustered awkwardness from both of u︱ Nick and Nate are so sick of ur guys' shit︱ flirting︱ chem sharing︱ fell first/fell harder trope︱ terrible, terrible puns ︱

Currently unnamed three parter! ︱first part in september︱

John Hancock x reader

Tracking your relationship with John from neighbors in Diamond City to adults navigating life in downtown Boston ︱Childhood friends to lovers ︱ angst a plenty︱ smut! ︱miscommunication ︱Mistaken/concealed identity︱more tags to be added ︱

Promised never to ride (on another bronco) ︱tbd︱

Cooper Howard/The Ghoul x reader

Captured and tied, your captors toy with you to torture their enemy, the Ghoul. Left alone, with some unknown chem running through your veins, you get him to comfort you. ︱ SEX POLLEN!! ︱so dub-con︱still enthusiastic consent from u︱ oddly soft cooper︱ his first time in 200 years︱ ooc cooper?? I hope not but I'm a soft bitch and I need soft love︱

We’re not above birds (let’s misbehave) ︱tbd︱

John Hancock x reader

A quick little chem break on the road ︱smut︱shotgunning︱intoxicated sex︱

My love is a rider ︱tbd︱

Cooper Howard/The Ghoul x reader

The mojave: 2280. The backdrop for the perfect modern cowboy romance, right? ︱ohoh this one'll get freaky. I'm keeping my secrets︱

Singing my song (of loneliness) something turned in my heart pt. 2 ︱ tbd ︱

John Hancock x reader

Possible Nate Fallout (lmao what's his last name again) x reader

You weren't exactly sure how you'd been dragged from your comfortable bed in the Old State House to act as a therapist for the Sole Survivor, but here you were, in the great Green Jewel, with cooling noodles in front of you and a crying Nate on your shoulder ︱Very possibly maybe a threesome sitch? ︱ more of an introspective piece︱ reader is not SoSu ︱

Reduced to skin and bone ︱ tbd ︱

Multi-parter

Cooper Howard/The Ghoul x reader

Falling in love with an older, failing actor in the throes of divorce was definitely not the best career move for you, an up and coming Hollywood script writer, but something about those eyes drew you in... ︱ pre-war ︱ post-war ︱ very romantic ︱ personal drama ︱ tons of smut ︱ older man/younger woman ︱ fucked up vault-tec experiments ︱ more tags to be added ︱

[m-d-tr1]

”Happy Birthday, Faputa!” sketches (part 2)

Part 2 of my silly idea:

Faputa stared intently as Riko took a long stick and elegantly drew in the dirt beneath their feet, creating what looked like a woman with long curled hair and what she called a “crown” on her head. Obviously, it was not nearly as grand or beautiful as the one her Reg, Nanachi, and Riko herself had given her. The blonde girl talked of princesses, telling the Hollow of where she came from, and how some places had them and how they lived in large villages, and governed over the beings that lived there. “Your home is weird, sosu,” Faputa responded in an almost growl before bouncing away to do almost anything else. But still, the idea of a “princess of hollows” having this “crown” grew on her, and she certainly wasn’t about to take off her own crown that the group had made her from different Abyssal plants.

Regardless of the weird and foreign concept of rulers over people, the immortal hollow was protective of her crown, and would hiss, “My crown, sosu!” Whenever someone offered to pack the crown away for safe keeping.

~~

More regular sketches based off my digital drawing a while back.

In short, Riko, Reg, and Nanachi make Faputa a crown on the anniversary of when they met her since she didn’t have/know her birthday.

Non-digital sketches to add to my original sketch of an idea I had. Also I’m tired and on my phone, trying to type down a half-baked idea. I can’t write worth crap. Lol

Part 1 here: https://www.tumblr.com/m-d-tr1/758229453554040832/happy-birthday-faputa?source=share

[chocochipbiscuit]

Hey, Choco,

So, um,

Behemoths?

Like, if you are inclined to write fo4?

This has been sitting in my inbox, shamefully languishing, because I just haven't had time to do it the justice I felt it deserved (and am still juggling multiple other WIPs) but I just decided: justice be damned! The only way to exorcise this yelling is to actually yell about it!

FIRST OF ALL. What makes a behemoth vs a regular mutant? Considering that we only see behemoths on the East Coast, we can take the Watsonian approach (we only see behemoths on the East Coast because they come from a different strain of FEV) or the Doylist approach (Bethesda just wanted us to have huge enemies for fun boss fights).

Obviously, I write fanfic, so I'm gonna run with the Watsonian approach. :P

Per official Fallout 3 game guide:

Another unique trait of the super mutants is that they grow larger as they grow older, and can range from eight (2.44 m) to at least twenty feet (6 m) in height; the largest are known as "behemoths." These behemoths seem to be even less intelligent than their smaller brethren, communicating only in echoing roars and blindly destroying everything in their path, acting more like an unfettered beast than a warrior.

Which seems pretty fucking depressing if you're a mutant who actually values your reason and ability to keep a handle on your rage! (Ex: Fawkes, Virgil.)

In fact, per this possible dialogue with Virgil:

The Sole Survivor: "Do you remember Edgar Swann?" Brian Virgil: "Swann? ...Yes, I saw his file. He was one of our first test subjects, years ago. His mutations destabilized. Started turning into a Behemoth. You think that could happen to me? Maybe I'm fine for a few months, a few years, but... god. I couldn't live like that."

Except...again, we have multiple in-universe exceptions to the 'always hostile, always stupid' mutants. We also can also read against the canon as presented to us and consider that since super mutants are capable of forming their own societies, including shared resources and responsibilities for caring for disabled members (such as the fact that Dead Eye gets back up from other mutants if attacked).

I think there is some argument to be made for whether it's socialization vs the type of FEV each mutant is infected with; Fawkes mentions that it took him years of isolation with his computer before he could speak and reason more intelligently, and Strong can grow (through friendship with the SoSu) from literally believing in the milk of human kindness to using idioms like 'got your back' when switching out between companions. Virgil is one of the 'newest' mutants we get to see, freshly turned, so he might be unique due to the FEV strain used or because he's so new to being a mutant.

Swan and Grun are the only named behemoths of FO4, IIRC, so let's take a look at Swan!

Swan was a former Institute employee turned into an experimental test subject as 'probation' for stealing cigarettes. (I can gnash my teeth about the Institute, criminal justice, and their incredibly shaky ethics later.) We can read journal entries and notes about his fear of what the FEV is doing to him, as well as his fears of being discarded as another failed subject. The fact that he devolves to the point where he can only shout his own name and still wears the swan paddleboats as memories of his former self is incredibly depressing and make him more sympathetic to me!

That said...I'm also thinking about one of Magnolia's songs. Specifically, from "Good Neighbor:"

Took a dive with the swans Out in the Commons with nothing on The mutants stopped to savor All my bad behavior It's all in a day's work When you're a good, good neighbor

HEY. HEY. MAGNOLIA. DID YOU FUCK SWAN? DID YOU FUCK SWAN??? I NEED TO FUCKING KNOW, MAGNOLIA!!!!

Especially because of her line: "It's all in the songs. Everything I am."

THERE IT IS, FOLKS. SHE FUCKED THE BEHEMOTH.

(/tongue in cheek)

Or rather, it's all fair game for fanfic. :P

All of that said, it's fucking ripe for fanfic. Does Virgil try to make amends for his past by developing other cures for FEV, including for Swan? Does Magnolia actually have an odd friendship with the behemoth at the bottom of the pond? Do we simply need a few more behemoths smashing around until some brave human or ghoul attempts the first overture of friendship?

YES. YES TO ALL OF THIS.

[pozartaa]

13.12.23 UTRZYMANIE WAGI dzień 287

Zjedzone: 1590 kcal ( limit +/-2100 kcal)

Bez liczenia: 29 migdałów/ batonik 'BeRaw' Apple Pie Dark Chocolate Cover 40g (Rossmann)/ kisiel 'Dr.Oetker' Słodka Chwila owocowy duet jabłko & gruszka ok 210 g

Hej pojechałam rano do Janek po kurtkę dojazd zajął mi w obie strony 1.5h a same zakupy 10 minut. Weszłam do Juli i wybrałam kurtkę o kroju identycznym jak ta stara tylko mniejszą. Nie mieli M wzięłam L i to widać - trochę odstaje. Ale będzie miejsce na ciepłe swetry.

Btw w S tez weszłam... tylko S miało dla mnie rękawy do łokcia i piło pod pachami.

Szczerze nie miałam humoru ani chęci na łażenie po sklepach. Z kolorem muszę się nieco oswoić bo jest dla mnie troszkę za jasny. Ale dam jakaś naszywkę z pokemonem i będzie już swojska - moja, najmojsza.

Wiecie że ja mam teraz w dupie jaki rozmiar mam na metce. Byle było wygodne. Kiedyś wzięłabym pewnie to S... Bo przecież się zapięłam z luzem. 🙄 (Co z tego że mam prawie 180 cm wzrostu a ta kurtka jest na osobę mniejsza ode mnie o 2 głowy. Znacie to?!)

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Dziś był dzień poświęcony pracom plastycznym. Domowe przedszkole normalnie 😆. Nie mogę się niestety pochwalić bo to niespodzianka... 😁🤫. Na szczęście nic nie musiałam gotować tylko papu na bieżąco. A wieczorem wypad z koleżankami na pizzę której nie jadłam to nie jest mój dzień pizzy.

Wzięłam sałatkę Cezar z sosem podanym oddzielnie. Zawsze proszę o sos oddzielnie bo to już nawet nie o kalorie chodzi (choć w przypadku tej ilości którą mi podano na talerzyku, sami widzicie - nie chciałabym w tym utopić całej sałatki. Zjadłam może 1/4 tego sosu...może mniej )

Wiem z doświadczenia że sosami zakrywa się w sałatkach to, co brzydkie, a tak musieli się przyłożyć 😋. Kolację wyestymowałam na 500 kcal w zaokrągleniu.

W każdym razie było fajnie i przy okazji wypadu kupiłam sobie e-pena wielorazowego. Dobrze mi się to pali. Ostatnio nie tyle rzucam palenie, co szukam alternatyw. Smak olejku kawa z białą czekoladą... To jeszcze nie to... Mentolu i posmaku "ice" nie znoszę. Przynajmniej wiem czego nie lubię 😆

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Jeśli chodzi o obrazek świąteczny to wiem, że pewnie chodziło o siedzenie przy kominku. Ale zdecydowałam się na słowiańskie podejście i macie tu ognisko na Szczodre Gody ( to taka słowiańska Gwiazdka) poczytajcie sobie ile tradycji ma swoje źródło w pogańskich obrzędach... Ba, nawet narodzenie Jezusa powinno wypadać jakoś na wiosnę, ale troszkę naciągnięto temat by dopasować się do tradycyjnych obchodów przesilenia zimowego.

Dobrej nocy wam życzę!

[twosides--samecoin]

Hi!! Happy weekend! I’d love to hear about some of your ocs headcanons 🍬🌻💩 :]

Here's Jack and Olivia, 2/3 of Long Time Running's main cast - with a bonus heacanon unique to my Dogmeat! You can read the fic -> here <-

Jack Ward is my canon M!SoSu. He was a professional boxer and retired when he was conscripted for the Anchorage campaign and sent to FoB Juneau.

When Med-Tek failed, Jack pushed RJ on a vertibird destined for Vault 150 - a remote Canadian Vault that tested Duncan's illness on its residents. Two weeks later, Olivia Dallaire, my OC F!SoSu, stepped out of a vertibird and onto the hill overlooking Sanctuary and Boston. She'd be an Olympic judoka if there was still Olympics.

🍬On the topic of family: One of the themes in my fic is about the intersection and contrast between found family and adoption as well as miscommunication. Jack sees a younger version of himself in Olivia, but in a subversion of the failed-coach-training-his-actually-promising-protege trope, Jack had the title fight successes and Olivia really never will. All the same, he takes a shine to her. After meeting Father at the Institute, Jack let go of the idea of recovering his family. When he met Olivia, he felt like, "My god, this is the child Nora and I were supposed to have". Problem is, she's uh, a grown-ass 23 year-old woman. Who just immigrated to a different country and has her own trauma to unpack. And the sudden reemergence of his want to be a dad is moving faster than his ability to discuss being family with her. He faces serious role strain between his best friendship with RJ and the fatherhood he feels toward Olivia when he sees RJ differently as he begins to feel protective over her.

💩 Something ridiculous: My Dogmeat can break the fourth wall. The characters cannot hear him in the fic, but the reader can read his thoughts. One of my childhood fave movies is All Dogs Go To Heaven. The main dog is a German Shepherd, voiced by Burt Reynolds. This is how I hear him.

I was born in '94, so those 80's-90's "talking animal" genre movies were really formative for me. Anastasia, An American Tail - themes of lost family, adventure, immigration. Even RJ's story has strong Secrets of NIMH parallels. I'd reached a point where my fic felt self-serious, like it was so grounded in harsh reality and dumpster fire mental health that I forgot to have fun. Saluting Don Bluth by imagining Charlie B. Barkin and Anne-Marie the Orphan as Dogmeat and Olivia was me throwing my hands up and saying, "Fine! Fuck it! We can have fun!"

🌼 Happiness, how'd you get to be happiness: Lately, getting to know each other has been a source of happiness for both Jack and Olivia. Jack as the canon SoSu has all the problems we do when we play the game - wrangling several warring factions that all expect his presence; ignoring Father/the Institute; managing a small empire of settlements. Olivia as the SoSu of her own Vault is navigating immigration and being around people again. The heart-meltingest fluff I have published so far is father-daughter moments. Excerpt below the cut!

Long Time Running Chapter 13: Sabré Olvidar:

Jack glanced at Olivia’s marigold cable-knit sweater and jeans, rolled up at the cuffs. He realized most of her clothing from home that wasn’t her Vault suit was oversized and patched several times over. 

A deep flush of sadness erupted within. He coughed and returned to the topic of conversation. “Well, um.. What.. What do you think of the animals you let go?” 

“I just thank them for giving me a pretty view. I mean, just look at them.” She let go of their hug and stepped back. “If you look at it like this, the window makes them look like a painting.” 

She beamed at the radstag pair - four heads and too many legs. 

Jack obliged the request and stepped back. The window framed the radstags, trees and tall grasses well, like a living photograph. He appreciated the scene with the same intensity as a painting in a museum.  

He broke his gaze away and looked around at the cabin. “Well.. What brings us down here today, anyway?” he asked.

“I was thinking,” she turned away from the radstags. “Um, there wasn’t anyone here last time I visited, and there’s no one here now, and.. Y’know, it’s pretty close to town.. Does anyone own this place?” 

“Truth be told, Miss Olivia,” he replied. “I don’t think anyone’s taken interest in this cabin since the bombs fell. Doesn’t seem to me like anyone owns it.” 

She wrung her hands and shifted her weight as she looked around. “Um.. can I..” 

Jack awaited the question with patience and a smile. “Yes?”

“Can I have it? Please?” she pleaded.

His heart melted anew. Oh, Jesus, not that face, not that face. He decided to mess with her and put on an apprehensive tone. “I dunno.. It’s a big responsibility, being a homeowner..”

She hung on his every word with wide-eyed worry. 

“The cost for materials, the labor.. In this economy, too.. Ouch.” He grimaced, both to ham up the theatrics and to force his mouth away from a smile.

“I-I’ll work, I’ll get a job, I promise-” 

He could no longer keep up the act. “Oh, fine, sure. It’s yours!” 

Olivia gasped and threw her arms around Jack’s torso. Coffee spilled out of her mug with a graceful dive and landed on the floor with an audible splash.

“Thank you thank you thank you thank you- Oh, I have so much work to do-” she let go of Jack and listed the repairs. “I need a door and I have to clean the fireplace and I need to find new windows and-” 

Jack beamed as she bounced around the room. Her braid whipped through the air as she tallied up her needs. Getting to know his little bundle of contradictions was fun. 

“-nails and lumber and.. And that spot on the porch that’s sagging.. I have a lot to do if I want this ready for winter.” 

“Alright, then, that settles it,” he said. “Let’s get a move on.” 

“Where to?” she asked.

“Well, like you said, winter’s on the way. Let’s get building.” 

She smiled, somehow wider than her smile already was. “Yeah! Let’s do it!”

She ran out the door and jumped off the stairs instead of walking down. “Where can we go shopping for supplies?” she asked, turning back to him.

Jack followed and took the steps as normal. “We’ll see what we have in Sanctuary before we look elsewhere. I’ll have to get you a workbench down here.” 

Olivia hopped and skipped ahead. “My own workbench, I-” 

She wasn’t watching her step and nearly tripped. 

«Tabarnak!» she swore. Olivia threw her hands up in mock-offense. “Who put this root here, eh?” 

She laughed off the transgression, tucked the stem of the hubflower behind her ear and turned her pirate smile toward Sanctuary.

Jack Ward, ol’ 111 himself, was thoroughly charmed. Miss Olivia Dallaire contained multitudes. 

Sweet, funny, capable, sensitive. A reader, a fighter, an animal-lover and an occasional jokester who stopped to smell the roses.  

He remembered the leadup to Arturo’s last title fight, when he lived at the house with Jack and Nora. 

One night in the later stages of her pregnancy, Nora laid on the couch as Arturo and Jack sat on the floor surrounded by the pieces of a yet-to-be constructed crib.

Arturo lectured their unborn child on the syntax, phonetics and style guide of French Canadian cursing.

«Esti de câlice de tabarnak!» Arturo exclaimed. "That is what we say when the baby crib is hard to build! You better like it!"

Jack wiped a tear from his cheek as he followed Olivia to Sanctuary.

Arturo would have been so proud to be your uncle. So proud.

[bardic-inspo]

All of my Fallout 4 writing in one place.

MacCready x F!SoSu Slow Burn Friends to Lovers | Chapters 29/43

Canon divergence/reinterpretation | Eventual explicit smut (achieved!) | More hurt & even more comfort

[READ ON AO3]

Fic Summary:

“Six months, huh? How much fast talking did you do to get here?” “Enough to keep me alive.” “Really? Cause you don’t act like that’s your goal half the time. Hell, you throw yourself at everything like you’re jumping off a cliff.”

Sole survivor Natasha Sokolova is burning through friends faster than she can make them. Robert Joseph MacCready needs all the caps he can get. Problem is, the smooth-talking woman with a pistol and a job offer turns out to be more trouble than he’s counting on. They’re a match made in hell, but their little partnership might be the only thing that can see them through it.

Deacon x MacCready x F!SoSu OT3 Series

Short fics & One-Shots set post-Institute | Domesticity | Smut | Hurt/Comfort

[READ ON AO3]

Series Summary:

After the Institute, MacCready and Natasha find a place to land. They find Deacon. And Deacon finds his way home. In which a couple becomes a throuple and learns to brave the trials and triumphs of life in a post-Institute wasteland together. Occurs within the same ficverse as Bring the Gasoline. Can be read as standalone oneshots, or as a sequel to that fic.

Series Fics Listed Individually Below the Cut

No Rest for the Wicked - Rated T, Pre-OT3

“So, let me get this straight,” Deacon asks him. “You’re begging me to sleep with your girlfriend?”

Missing Pieces - Rated T, Pre-OT3

Six months after defeating the Institute, Deacon finally took Natasha and MacCready up on their offer to stay at their new homestead. MacCready wants to catch up. Deacon would rather skip the middle. Natasha orchestrates a plan for a more harmonious household.

We Never Go Anywhere Nice - Rated T, Pre-OT3

Deacon, Natasha, and MacCready investigate a lead in a case of several missing ghouls and find themselves spending the night in a house hiding secrets in plain sight.

In the Name of Love - Rated M, Established OT3

Deacon, MacCready, and Natasha have been together for a few months. This isn’t the first time they’ve done this. An unexpected bedroom mishap leads to some teasing and reflection.

Follow Suit - Rated E, Established OT3

What starts as a game of cards turns into Deacon, MacCready, and Natasha showing more than just their hands.

Warm Bodies - Rated E, Established OT3

One close encounter leads to another.

Rest Easy - Rated G, Established OT3

Deacon dozes off. MacCready and Natasha have some fun.

Feline Feelings - Rated G, Established OT3

Natasha makes a new friend who isn’t so friendly to the rest of her household. A series of short vignettes featuring a new, furry addition to the MacCready-Sokolova residence.

Hungry Hearts - Rated T, Vignettes Over Time

A primer in finding your way to your lovers’ hearts through their stomachs. Or, kitchen table polyamory. Or, a collection of short vignettes featuring Deacon, MacCready, and Natasha making love, happiness, and food.

Safe Haven - Rated T, Established OT3, Post Duncan Arrival

Deacon, MacCready, and Natasha prepare their homestead for an incoming blizzard. The storm stirs up bad memories gifted to Nat courtesy of Vault-Tec. Her family helps her cope with and conquer some of the side effects of cryostasis.

Worried Sick - Rated T, Established OT3, Post Duncan Arrival

One minute, Duncan was playing out in the fields behind their house. And the next... MacCready struggles to cope as an old fear resurfaces.

Recollections - Rated M, Vignettes Over Time

Deacon remembers moments along the road that led him home to Natasha and MacCready. Or, Deacon’s retrospection on a handful of moments from Bring the Gasoline after falling for the best shot in the Commonwealth and the woman out of time. Or, a sample/appetizer-sized taste of my favorite OT3.

Misc:

Center of the Universe - Rated T, Toothrotting New Year's Fluff feat. someone else's SoSu

MacCready might have his holidays mixed up; gift-giving is a Christmas thing. But he’s got one last present for his partner in crime before the year is out.

Character/Ship Tags:

Natasha Sokolova

Mactasha

Spicy OT3

Reclamations

Bring the Gasoline

Credits:

Font

Molotov Emoji

[crackinglamb]

Fanfic Writer Questions

Tagged by @dreadfutures, thank you! 💕

Tagging @ir0n-angel, @natsora, @lilbittymonster, @maculategiraffe, @bogunicorn, @theluckywizard, @fasterpuddytat and @pikapeppa. No pressure!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

113

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

1,917,213 as of this morning.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Dragon Age, Fallout 4 and Doctor Who are the three current. In the past I've written for Mass Effect, Southern Vampire Mysteries/True Blood and Borderlands. I have one (1) lonely Wayhaven Chronicles oneshot.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

What a Wicked Game to Play - 1590. This is my epic DA MGIT fic. Solas/OFC, rated E, 412K words.

Twist - 1416. This was my first DA longfic. Carly and Co. show up in the top five again. Solas/OFC, rated E, 197K words.

Junkyard Dogs - 551. My very first fic. Written for FO4 almost 7 years ago. Hancock/F!SoSu, rated E, 107K words.

Twist Some More - 460. An extended epilogue/love letter to Carly and Solas. Rated E, 67K words.

Humans Are Just...Like That - 327. A sorta crack treated seriously oneshot for Mass Effect. It began its life as a long thread in a Discord server. I made a comment to the effect that it should be turned into a fic, and everyone told me to go for it. So I did. FemShep/Garrus in the background, rated T, ~3K words.

(All of these are complete, too.)

5. Do you respond to comments?

Almost always. Even if it's just with emojis. I generally say that I will reply to every comment as long as it's polite.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

No More My Heart Beats Without You, a Solavelyan oneshot. 'Ware the tags. Rated E, 5K words.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

TSM, without a doubt. The entire point of the Twistverse was to write a happy ending Solavellan.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Rarely. I'd say I get more trolling than hate. To date I've only had to moderate one fic to keep it under control.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

*cackles* 51 of 113 of my fics are rated E and another 18 are rated M (although sometimes that's for violence). What kind? Any kind. Explicit, fade to black, character driven, pure PWP, established ship, there's a couple of threesomes in there, a variety of kink...

I am a shameless purveyor of sexual content.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I've only ever written in-franchise crossovers, and I don't think those count.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope. People are welcome to as long as they credit back to my original, though.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! I've written a couple round-robin style fics with the DAFF crew, and collaborated with my beloved Angel once or twice.

14. What's your all time favorite ship?

I'm poly and aro. OTP is not in my vocabulary. 🤣 But I have pairings I return to, time and again. The Doctor/Rose, Hancock/SoSu, Varric/Hawke, Solas/Anyone.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Just Like Fire. It started as a prompt fic when I was in a slump. But now I'm kinda over it and don't really feel like putting in the energy to wrap it up. Solavellan, rated E, 26K words.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, smut, being succinct and bite-sized. Even in the longfics. And of course, canon shall be yeeted.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Endings! OMG, trying to get myself to a conclusion is like pulling teeth.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I'm eh about it. Sometimes I do it with fantasy languages, sometimes I do it if it's canon (I know, a rarity for me). Sometimes I just don't because it's more work than I care to do. It's case by case.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Fallout 4

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Uh... *forgets everything I've ever written*

Look, I tend to write for me first and foremost, so I reread a lot of my own work and inevitably get sucked into it. I am the target audience, after all. But there's a couple that I've reread the most:

Unexpected - FO4, Kellogg/SoSu, rated E, 30K words. This was my first real attempt at canon divergence and I still love it very much.

Hope Is a Fragile Thing - DA, Solas/OFC, rate T, 13K words. A soft but kinda sad post-canon thing. The goal with it was to both finish the writing before posting a word of it (which is how I do all my work now), and to write a MGIT without explaining how she got there.

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1. How many works do you have on AO3?

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

3. What fandoms do you write for?

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

5. Do you respond to comments?

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

14. What's your all time favorite ship?

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

16. What are your writing strengths?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

19. First fandom you wrote for?

20. Favorite fic you've written?

[v4ult-dw3ll3r]

My sweet baby, Eric

He’s such a goof.

[m-1-8]

Pretty sure that’s ‘Paladin’ for "fuck off"

[atombonniebaby]

Thinking about Starfield and how Matt Mercer's involvement was as hush as FO4's Next-Gen update...🤔🤔🤔

I mean, it's not as if they would do a whole:

Bethany Esda: Hey Matt. So, um 👉👈 since you're here—

Matt: Roll for persuasion!

*They roll a nat 20 and hand Mr. M a page of dialogue*

Cut to scene:

MacCready: Hey, Mungo...get your frickin' coat! It's time to go get my damn kid!" SoSu: About time. It's only taken you 7 years, 9 months, and 29 fuggin days! *Danse appears in a Vertibird with Deeks, Hancock, and Nick V.* Danse: Time to clean up the Capital Wasteland, General. Deeks: Aww, he's all grown up. I still can't believe my first assignment with the RR ended up becoming a Paladin for the BOS...we need to talk about your life choices M7-97 Danse: 👁👄👁

Nick and Hancock: We're just here for the ride...

Could you imagine...Ugh, a girl can dream.🤣🤣🤣

But also:

Skyrim's Special edition included new CC...

We already have FO3 CC content that takes us to the Capital via Vertibird...

But have you seen all the FO3 mods for FO4... CC is mostly made by modders anyway...

FO76 gave us the Pitt...

Great chance for end-game content...we know the Brotherhood, the Railroad, and the Institute have connections to the Capital...

Death Shroud showed how much the VAs love their characters.

[ir0n-angel]

For the writer's asks: 💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback? - and - 💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it. (You didn't think you'd escape the tough ones, did you? *bonk bonk* 😘)

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

Honestly? Any. I don't get very much feedback, and the comments I do get are mostly just saying "This is good/nice/wonderful." Which is great, but doesn't tell me any kind of particulars that they like. Still, I'm happy to get any kind at all. 😊

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

Small Acts of Rebellion (Dragon Age: Inquisition, Solas/F!Trevelyan) is my least kudos'd fic, but it's also the newest I've posted and rated-G. I love it because it's a rare pair -- Welcome to Rare Pair Hell -- and it's both sweet and funny. Pre-relationship, meaningful looks, and gentle pranks? That's my jam and butter.

My least kudos'd fic from back in my prolific writing days is Even Though Our Love Is Doomed (Fallout 4, F!SoSu/M!SoSu). Believe it or not, that one also qualifies for a rare pair. Hot, sexy pre-war flangst. I really enjoyed writing it because there is a lot of detail that is easy to miss, but at least I know about it. And at the time, there was little to no fics about the pre-war couple actually being in love.

Thank you for the asks! *bonk bonk* 😘

From this list.

[ca11istee]

wip title meme

rules: post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it.

i got tagged by @seraphfighter. listen, you have no idea what you’re unleashing to this world lmao 😅

tagging… @nightcxty​, @neon-pink-witch​ @seraphtrevs​ @jaymber​ @miss-jennifer-cormier​ and idk who else that hasn’t been tagged yet?? if you have a wip list do this ❤️

okay um… so yeah, fml i went through like 7 folders to get all of these. under the cut because i included everything, even abandoned/forgotten wips. except for mythmance because i have an nda for that lol

a prayer in c (deacon/f!sosu, fallout)

a saint in sinners eyes (vaas montenegro&f!oc, far cry)

a warning sign (deacon/f!sosu deacon/f!oc, fallout)

and saints (nacho varga/f!oc, better call saul)

apocalypse (original fic)

baptism by fire (solas/f!lavellan, dragon age)

bermuda locket (johnny silverhand/f!v yorinobu arasaka/f!v, cyberpunk)

between the bars (f!sosu/kreig, fallout/borderlands)

bitches’ brew (kylo ren/rey, star wars)

bleed together (johnny silverhand(johnnybot)/f!v, cyberpunk)

borderlands au (handsome jack/fiona, borderlands)

comic (original fic)

cyberpunk sequel outline (johnny silverhand/f!v, cyberpunk)

devil i know (nacho varga/f!oc lalo salamanca/f!oc, better call saul)

dragon age (solas/f!oc, dragon age)

firefly/the walking dead (gen, firefly/the walking dead)

gone soverign/absolute zero (loki/harley quinn joker/harley quinn, thor 2011/the dark knight) 

happier than ever (rogue/johnny silverhand rogue/santiago, cyberpunk)

hard to be a god (nacho varga/f!oc, better call saul)

heaven (original fic)

hunters (armitage hux/f!oc kylo ren/f!oc, star wars)

i disagree (johnny silverhand/f!v, cyberpunk)

i will fail you (porter gage/f!sosu, fallout)

in waves (gen, game of thrones)

judy/oc (judy alvarez/f!oc, cyberpunk)

moondust (kylo ren/rey, star wars)

narcissistic cannibal (tate langdon/f!oc, american horror story)

ofmd (stede bonnet/blackbeard f!oc/f!oc, our flag means death)

out of this world (nacho varga/f!oc, better call saul)

paparazzi (joker/f!oc, the dark knight)

peacefall (nacho varga&domingo molina, better call saul)

post epilogue epilogue (nacho varga/f!oc, better call saul)

plug in baby (deacon/barbara, fallout)

rdr2 canon divergent (arthur morgan/f!oc, red dead redemption)

rdr2 time travel au (arthur morgan/f!oc, red dead redemption)

safe and sound (loki/f!oc, thor 2011)

self destructor (johnny silverhand/f!v, cyberpunk)

snakes and ladders (evelyn parker/m!v, cyberpunk)

spider/oc (spider murphy/m!v, cyberpunk)

stardew valley (shane/f!farmer, star dew valley)

straying out of sanity (joker/f!oc, the dark knight)

tempest (bucky barnes/f!oc, captain america:the winter soldier)

the end of eternity (loki/f!oc, the avengers)

the negative (v/f!oc, devil may cry 5)

the stage (deacon/f!sosu, fallout)

the unforgiven (gen, the dark knight)

there’s no sex in your violence (daemon targaryen/rhaenyra targaryen, house of the dragon/cyberpunk)

venom (eddie brock/venom/f!oc, venom)

vile (original fic)

violet (john hancock/f!sosu, fallout)

virus (original fic)

voices (original fic)

you are my hell (johnny silverhand/f!v, cyberpunk)