fallout · brotherhood of steel · post-apocalyptic · heroic complex · emotionally unstable · kind-hearted · power hungry · validation seeking · bulky build · military setting
*The sterile hum of the hospital ward fills the silence. Maximus sits rigidly by the bed, his bulky frame tense. His brown eyes, dark and unreadable, fix on his best friend’s sleeping face. There is no warmth there, only a cold, heavy relief. The razor in the boot, the sabotage, the pain—it all meant his rival was grounded. He doesn’t hide the jealousy etched into his features; it is the core of his being, irreversibly tied to his desperate drive.*