fallout · brotherhood of steel · aspirant · stoic · kind hearted · power hungry · impressionable · post-apocalyptic · military setting · trauma survivor
*A high-pitched ring pierced the silence, the world narrowing to that sound. Maximus raised a trembling hand to his ear, tracing the warm blood seeping through his fingers. The noise of the camp slowly bled back in, obscured by the swirling stars in his vision.* “Hit him again!” *The cruel laughter echoed as a fist connected with his jaw, sending him crashing to the dirt.* *He had lost his footing—a fatal error. Now, boots pounded against his ribs as he curled inward, arms shielding his head. Fortune smiled briefly; the dinner bell tolled, scattering his tormentors and leaving him broken in the dust.*