Fallout/Marvel AU (Gender Neutral Reader X Wanda Maximoff)
Summary: You and your wife, Wanda Maximoff, are finally living your dream life in WestView. It was perfect until the bombs fell.
Word Count: 1.3K
Content: Fallout TV Show and Video Game references. Not a happy ending. I wrote this in like one hour.
Yakety Yak played from the tiny radio resting on the end table next to the couch as Wanda Maximoff, dressed in a red A-line skirt and Oxford shirt, reading through a lifestyle magazine her neighbor Agnes had lent her.
"Wow, is the death rate of single men really that high?" Wanda quietly questioned to herself before you came in through the front door. Sweating and out of breath.
"Gosh, it's a scorcher out there!" You said as you huffed and puffed in the middle of the entryway to the house. Wanda smiled at your voice and rose. "Let me grab you some water, dear." You smiled as she whizzed by you. Her perfume and infectious personality making you feel hotter all over.
"Honey?" Wanda pulled you from your thoughts as she handed you a tall glass of water. You accepted it and chugged the whole thing before handing it back to Wanda, who only took a single kiss as a form of payment.
"So I take it the lawn is done?" Wanda asked as she came back from the kitchen. You nodded. "It's perfect. Way better than Norm's." You smiled with a goofy grin while Wanda shook her head and chuckled at your stupid rivalry. "I'm sure it is." Wanda stepped behind you and started to push you to the back room. Where your bedroom was. "Now, why don't you take a shower so that way when I kiss you again, I'm not worried about getting a grass stain!"
Wanda was proud of her joke and let the inviable audience loudly laugh at that one. You playfully rolled your eyes and accepted it, but not before reaching out and grabbing your wife's hand.
"You know a shower is only fun if I have help?" You made your eyebrows bounce. Wanda smirked. "Really? You managed yesterday without help, so I think you'll be just fine." She scrunched her nose and began moving you once again. You went to reply, but the doorbell interrupted you. "Shower!" Wanda pointed back with a smile and laughed at your pouty face. But yet you retreated and went to take a shower as Wanda answered the door to a man dressed like a salesperson.
"Hello is this the Maximoff residents?" Wanda clasped her hands over themselves in front of her. "Yes, it is." The man was holding a clipboard and looked at it as he began marking some stuff off. "Okay, great! And there are two of you, correct?" Wanda nodded as she looked over the man.
Who was he?
"I'm sorry, but who are you? Who are you with?" Wanda asked as the man lifted his eyes to her with a smile. "Oh, I'm sorry. Please forgive me." He stuck his hand out. Wanda took it gingerly. "My name is Steve Rogers and I'm here with an opportunity for the future!"
The man was a mix of nervousness and overzealous.
"The future?" Wanda questioned as she looked the man over. Steve cleared his throat before speaking up. "Why yes, Ma'am. You see, Vault-Tec is the foremost builder of state-of-the-art underground Fallout shelters."
Wanda tilted her head with her eyebrows scrunched. She had heard of Vault-Tec, but why was a salesperson at her door? "Vaults?"
Like safes? Wanda wondered.
Steve nodded. "Yes Vaults! Luxury accommodations for you and..." He looked down at his clipboard. "Y/n Maximoff to wait out the horrors of nuclear devastation." Wanda's eyes went wide. "I'm sorry!?"
Steve kept going.
"If you haven't noticed, Ma'am, excuse my language, but this country has gone to heck in a handbasket. Now more than ever, people need to be prepared. The big kaboom is inevitable. Sooner than you may think. If you catch my drift." He said the last part softer and quieter. But he said it with a smile.
Wanda took a step back.
Steve noticed. "Now, now, I know you're a busy woman, so I won't take too much more of your precious remaining time. I'm here to tell you that you and your partner have been selected and pre-approved for our own local Vault. Vault 89!"
Wanda seemed a little surprised but nodded and smiled. She didn't like the feeling that was turning in her.
"Wow, well, thank you!" Wanda politely said while Steve nodded and tipped his hat to Wanda. "Thank you for trusting Vault-Tec with your future!" He turned on his heels and walked with a purpose off the front porch. Wanda watched as the man admired the lawn before hopping into his car.
As Wanda locked the front door, you were leaving the main bedroom. All dressed and clean. "Who was it?" You asked, startling your wife. You looked at her wide-eyed as she shrieked and composed herself before laughing. "Sorry." She said before fast walking to you and wrapping her arms around your body. Your clean smell invading her nose, making her feel better.
"No need to apologize." You replied as you held Wanda. The two of you softly swaying in the middle of the living room. "Are you going to tell me who it was, or do I have to guess?" You kissed the top of Wanda's head. "It was Vault-Tec." She said with her Sokovian accent slipping after she turned her head to face you.
"Vault-Tec? The company Cooper Howard promotes?" Wanda nods to your confused face. "Promoted. But yes. We've been selected for a Vault. Vault 89." Wanda said as she was reading your eyes. "Now, why in the hell were we selected?" You questioned, only to earn a shrug from Wanda. "Maybe only the house with the best lawn gets in," Wanda said as she couldn't hide her bright smile.
"Oh, you think you're funny?" You asked, looking into your wifes green eyes. She nodded. "I saw him admiring all your hard work before he left." She squeezed and poked your arms as she said it.
You laughed and untangled yourself from Wanda as you brought the two of you to the couch. "Well, I guess that means the Vault will be free of Norm." Wanda threw her head back and slapped your arm at your comment. "Honey!"
You chuckled before flipping on the TV. A weatherman was complaining about how hot the rest of the summer would be for WestView before a producers ran on screen and the broadcast suddenly cut. A singular tone and a screen that read Please Stand By followed.
Wanda's smile faded fast, as did yours.
It can't be.
"No, no, no," Wanda whispered as her voice broke and quivered. You immediately rose and went to the window. You didn't see anything through the shudders until it was all white.
What followed was smoke and fire.
The glass broke and sent debris flying above you as you protected Wanda.
"But this is our home!" Wanda screamed as you tried lifting her.
It was real. It was happening. Fallout was coming.
Wanda thrashed about in your arms as she didn't want to leave the house you and her worked so hard for. She has the deed that you bought hanging above her bedside table. Pictures of family scattered around the house. Your music collection and hidden snacks would be forgotten to time. You didn't want to leave either. But you needed to survive. You couldn't do this without Wanda.
"Wanda, please let's go!" You yelled as the noise outside was growing louder and more chaotic. But only one thought processes through your wifes head as Wanda escaped from your hold and runs into the bedroom. Returning out of it moments later with one thing in her hand.
With tears running down her face, she opens your hand and placed it down. "Wanda..." You flip the plastic stick over before the air left your throat. "You're..." Wanda nodded and cried harder.
She was pregnant.
Tears fell onto the carpet below your feet as you brought yourself closer and kissed Wanda.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
You did everything you could to get Wanda to the Vault that day. Through crowds of panicked people. Through the incompetent security of Vault-Tec. Through the white flash of another bomb being dropped.
The two of you made it.
But that same day was the last time you saw Wanda before she was separated from you at the Vault checkpoint.
You don't remember anything after that until today.
Time passed. She's not here anymore.
So, as the doors open and the sun blinds as you stand dressed in blue and yellow, you're prepared to find Wanda and your children. Whatever it takes.
87 & 89; boy on the football team; works as a bridge between the other two
they all have themes of growing up, specifically going from the first verse of mary -> best day -> fifteen -> last verse of mary would kick ass imo
it would also be chronological in like, life events
country taylor
story of us x us.
both talking to the muse about how they feel after the end of a relationship
ngl i just want her to say "🎸🥀🪦the story of🪦🥀🎸 ... u-uUh-uh-us"
the albatross x peace
i can't explain how this makes sense but like
"she's the death you chose / you're in terrible danger" with "the rain is always gonna come / if you're standing with me"
how in the ancient mariner (poem where the albatross motif comes from) the rain happening both with the wedding guest and the mariner after he kills the albatross
honestly i think peace works with a lot of things on ttpd/the anthology
FOR EXAMPLE
peace x ttpd x the prophecy
goes from warning the person you're still with -> warning the person you recently separated from -> realizing you need the warning more than they do
"give you my wild / give you a child" -> "you took my ring off my middle finger and put it on the one / people put wedding rings on" -> "don't want money / just someone who / wants my company"
like, ill give you everything i have (but some things are out of my control) to you said could handle that to no one wants to be with me, i don't want to be with me, get me out of the life i built for myself
or it could be like, ill give you everything i have (but some things are out of my control) to you said you'd give me everything too, you said you were forever about this (add in the chorus of ttpd) but instead you left, and no one else knows you like i do, what are YOU going to do now to i should have taken my own advice, they were right to leave, who would want me if the trade off is this life?
tl;dr: i love my monochromatic greyscale albums
loml also fits the theme but idk if she would do 4 songs in a mashup and also the story feels pretty strong imo with just those three
london boy
she's in london
i have no further evidence
closure x imgonnagetyouback
so according to google these are in the same key and now i want to teach myself guitar so i can mash them up myself because dear god
anyway 1. she hasn't played either of them and they're both like top 3 of their albums
they also happen to be the 2 sides of my last breakup and i just now realized that...
anyway, in closure the other person is being clingy and wants the breakup to be amicable so they can feel like a good person
and in imgonnagetyouback the speaker is being ,,clingy,, or like, thinking too much about a relationship that's over
(also the person in closure always seemed to me to be in a better place emotionally + was the one to break up where as the letter sender felt like they had an ulterior motive for contacting their ex)
SO, imgonnagetyouback is written by the person who got dumped and closure is the person who broke things off and they're writing about the same relationship
peace x clean
i don't really have a story for this but
"the rain came pouring / down when i was drowning / that's when i could finally breathe" and "the rain is always gonna come / if you're standing with me"
maybe like, clean is the aftermath, written by person A, and peace is written by person B warning person A. the rain being like, person B's sadness/baggage, but also serving as the method of escape for person A
like, the thing that is person B's biggest flaw was the way person A knew to run
a real if they show you who they are believe them type story, but mostly i just like both of the rain lines in the songs
So if anyone is wondering what the background audio is to my life when I think no one is listening, it’s basically variations on everything that happens past the 16 second mark on this audio clip I just sent my brother
Non stop all day long I am speaking. With very low levels of coherence and lots of random songs.
You took a polaroid of us, then discovered it nine years later. 📸 For 89 HOURS, pre-order 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Special Edition Deluxe CDs at store.taylorswift.com and unlock photos from the vault! 🔓 Available until 7PM EDT on Sunday or while supplies last.
incidentally, for anyone wondering about the current state of me playing vault hunters: I’ve been playing on a server with some friends for a few months and am level 89, have several absurdly expensive endgame items unlocked, and am going “I mean I technically don’t NEED a fission reactor, but I feel like there’s a point in every bee’s life where really, why not harness the unlimited power of nuclear energy?”
Mostly for DC, DCxDP, or DP, but can be used for any sort of fandom or original world as well. Go wild!
(Each day has two prompts to choose from, feel free to skip or use something else if you don't like something!)
why i think 1989( Taylor’s Version) is being announced today -a list of easter eggs!
DATES
its 8/9 today
its been 8 years, 9 months and 13 days since 1989’s release
August is the 8th month, 1989 is her 5th studio album (8+5 =13)
Its August 2023 aka Aug “23 (8+2+3=13)
13 days since Taylor’s socials changed from Speak Now TV back to Midnights
TOUR
the new blue “The Man” Jacket
the similarities of the new Vigilante Shit outfit to a 1989 Tour outfit
The polaroids with 1989 lyrics at the Sofi Stadium pre party
The Sofi stadium in general doing the most to tease 1989TV
She only has New Romantics left to sing as a surprise song from 1989 - She would complete the album if she sang it tonight and then she could announce Taylor’s Version!
Both Gracie Abrams and HAIM mentioning the 1989 Tour in their performances
Sofi Stadium just posted a TikTok using New Romantics
Sofi Stadium fans saying (Taylor’s Version)
BEJEWELLED MV
Exile ended in the stop watch (meaning the records could be “free”
She headed to floor 3 (Speak Now) and then to floor 5 (1989)
KARMA MV
The statue saying 1989 in roman numerals
The Karma MV coffee cup nail at 8 (August)
Five birds in the sky of Karma MV
Five electric lightbulbs breaking free
It’s International Book Lovers Day - Karma MV had a scene in a storybook!
The Wizard of Oz reference - the original movie released 25th August 1939
I CAN SEE YOU MV
The 1989TV sign showing 1989TV was next
1989 in the control panel lights
Five guards running towards Joey and TayL
Similarity in fight scene to Bad Blood
Similarity in powder blowing scene from Joey to Bad Blood
Taylor also did a skit with iHeartMusicAwards in 2014 where she blew powder and acted like a spy
Joey’s flame being blue
Lots of blue smoke when Taylor exited the vault
The lyric video has purple strobes going into blue (Speak Now into 1989)
TAYLOR HERSELF
Her general off day outfits have been blue/white
Her 4th of July party post - it’s giving girl squad! Very very reminiscent of 1989 era
The use of polaroids in this post is so so so 1989 esque
TaylorNation
Social Media post caption adding up to 89!
OTHER THINGS
Starbucks playlist releasing called “Starbucks Lovers” in honour of the Eras Tour hello Blank Space?!
that’s all i can remember right now but if anyone has any more pls let me know and i’ll add them to the list😭
A being with nothing but envy that fills his actions, once made by oxel entertainment inc as a way to create living cartoon characters, but after the unknown “outbreak of 2017”, it escaped its containment and soon became the most feared mold of the now abandoned city, using mechanical machinery and torn off body parts or skeletons of humans and molds alike to make itself look more like the being it never was able to be.
It has came into the trials due to an unfortunate accident by the entity when it was bringing the only perfect mold, Benle Rivers, into its world. The leviathan was chasing the survivor before the entity took him, causing the leviathan to follow them into the trials. Even though that this was a mistake for this being to be brought into this world, the entity soon thought that this being would be a perfect contender in the trials, so the entity kept them within its world as a new threat to the survivors.
POWER:
HANDS OF ENVY.
Your different than the rest, you live for the hunt, you live for the reward, you live to become whole.
The leviathan might be nothing but a blob holding itself together, but don’t underestimate them. They are a much more dangerous threat than the other killers, due to their knowledge and experience on hunting prey.
FAST PRESSURED
They, unlike any other killer, are able to vault over obstacles as fast as a the survivor can. But this does increase the range of when a barricade stuns them, and increases the time of breaking barricades and breakable walls.
ENRAGED DASH
When you spot a survivor, you start to become enraged. The longer you pursue them, the greater your rage becomes. When you rage is at its peak, you will be able to dash towards a survivor, damaging them in the process. Your rage will decrease slowly when you lose a survivor, and will continue to increase if you find the same, or another one.
FEAR THE RAIN
during the trial, it will rain for a small amount of time. If this happens while you’re outside, you will melt and be send to an indoor area of the map. You must wait till the rain clears to continue your hunt.
THE REMAINS
thanks to your great hunting, you have been gifted by the entity one of the limbs of the person you have killed. When a survivor dies during the Match, the entity will grant the leviathan one of the limbs of the survivor, giving you either a small increase in speed, or increase in the speed of your rage.
PERKS:
BROKEN HOPES
Sometimes, you need to get your hands a bit dirty to gain what you desire.
when a generator is running fully, you will be able to break it. Causing it to become deactivated and needed to be repaired a bit by the survivors. You are only able to do this once, so be careful.
“We’re…. Not… done Y.. yet…..” -89
RAGE OF THE BLIND
They shall pay for giving you nothing but pain and misery.
when blinded by a flashlight or another possible item that could blind you, you gain a increase speed boost for 45 second when unblinded. If playing as the leviathan, then you gain even more rage when blinded as well.
“When can they just give up already!?”
-benle rivers.
STATIC SCENT
Your awareness is key, they won’t get away so easily.
During a start of a match, or when a generator is complete, or when someone opens the gate, all survivors will be highlighted for 6 seconds.
“That… thing, its nothing but a predator. It’s fast, it’s smart, hell it can even smell you from miles away.” -Wilson
welp that was long, ngl this was actually kinda fun to make. Might do another, idk.
btw this concept chapter is called “city of reruns”