So Much For The Big, Bad Lone Wanderer, She Says, Eyes Glimmering With Amusement. She Pulls Her Hand

❝ so much for the big, bad lone wanderer, ❞ she says, eyes glimmering with amusement. she pulls her hand away from the scratch, frowning as fresh blood rises sluggishly at the deepest parts of the cut. more gingerly this time, june presses the alcohol-soaked cloth against it. ❝ give me a chance to stop the bleeding. i don't want to use more gauze than we have to, and you don't want bacteria in your bloodstream. ❞

@nuclearbinds sent: [ patch ] - sender carefully patches one of receiver's wounds // june -> charlie

Teeth grit, Charlie was trying her best to sit still amidst June patching up a nasty scratch on her forearm, attention focused elsewhere. It wasn’t the sight of the wound or the blood that bothered her — she had been used to helping her dad and Jonas back in the Vault’s clinic and although there was never anything seriously bad, the girl often patched up the others whenever they came in — but rather the ache in her arm. “Ow.” She drew a sharp breath, nearly moving away out of instinct. “Are you almost done there?”

i am. once again tempted to add some muses here. currently considering: maxwell darcy (oc bos paladin, later on member of the 'capital renegades'), my version of james from fo3, jonas palmer, liam binet, and perhaps amata ...

like for a starter from KATE !!

@savingthrcw said: “Will you stay with me? Just until I fall asleep?” - from terra bc cute

the vault used to have more rules, a reasonable curfew, but, with everything in disarray in overseer maclean's absence, the location of its residents slips through the cracks. chet finds himself drawn to terra more than he'd care to admit, like a magnet that can't help but gravitate to its opposing force.

at her words, he glances at his pip-boy, surprise flickering over his features. it is getting a bit late. he should leave, but right now, it's easier to be here, where he doesn't have to think too hard about his life unraveling and the tangled future ahead.

❝ yeah, i can do that, ❞ he says, a small smile on his lips. ❝ the vault can be a little spooky at night. ❞

she tucks an errant strand of hair behind her ear before settling her hands back into her lap. where could she possibly begin? when she closes her eyes, her daughter's face burns into her mind — all that horror and fear, the tears brimming from eyes so much like james's.

❝ she wouldn't even look at me, ❞ she says after a heartbeat, her gaze affixed on the wall behind jamie. when her gaze finally flickers to him, pain fills her eyes. ❝ my being alive, it ... it hurt her. ❞

she knows she isn't catherine, at least not in the ways that count most. that doesn't change the way she aches to comfort her daughter, to make up for the thirty years lost to them.

❝ madison creating me was bad enough, but it was never supposed to harm eliana. i was never supposed to leave the institute. ❞

to simply cease to exist is not in catherine's nature. her mind, however splintered it may be, still possesses knowledge to help the wasteland. if she can use it without causing further harm ...

❝ chris said you would understand what it was like to wake up again, but i think what i really need from you is a purpose. you found one for madison, didn't you? let me help your mission. i know i'll never be her mother, but i can at least make this world a little better for eliana. ❞

@nuclearbinds said:

❛ I have questions. I have doubts. I don’t know what is right and what is wrong anymore. ❜ - from catherine to jamie!!

He pauses briefly, eyes focused on what he'd been doing before turning his attention to her. He had been ASKED ( by Chris no less ) to speak with her. He hadn't really realized who she was until her name came up.

She's Eliana's Mother. Or rather...AN ECHO of her perhaps. She hadn't spoken about her mother much, and judging by what Jamie knew, she died giving birth to her, so it was HARDLY a surprise that she was a point of distress & tension.

Her being a synth certainly complicated matters further ( he'd be having a discussion with Dr. Li about this later ). When she'd entered she'd been SHEEPISH, almost unsure. According to Chris & June they'd found her and Eliana went into a near catatonic state, seemingly unable to respond at all.

He gestures, a seat before him on the other side of his desk, and when she finally finds it he begins. Hands fold first onto the desk as he speaks evenly.

"Yes. I imagine...I imagine you are feeling overwhelmed."

He could relate. He distinctly recalls his OWN experiences with...an afterlife and waking up immediately following it by being very much "alive". It was a point where it gave him CLARITY on how Danse felt when the revelation came out.

"Mr. Wells thought I might be able to give some...HELP on this matter considering I have an intimate understanding of what you might be going through. Now I am not one to mince words, nor am I especially apt on...this. But if you have any questions, this is a safe space."

i love all of my muses, but there are some i'd be more likely to beat with a stick than others is all i'm saying🧍