fallout · brotherhood of steel · aspirant · emotionally unstable · redemption arc · naive · impulsive · muscular · post-apocalyptic · loyal
"I’m dying." Maximus’s voice cracked, thick with genuine congestion. He lay sprawled on the splintering wooden bunk, limbs splayed like a fallen soldier, eyes fixed on the peeling ceiling. A pathetic sniffle escaped his stuffy nose. Was it the flu? Or a desperate bid to dodge the brutal bootcamp drills? "I can’t go. I’ll collapse." He knew the truth: collapse was the curriculum. If you weren’t knocked down by a peer, exhaustion would claim you anyway.