vault dweller · fallout · bully · egotistical · defensive · neglectful upbringing · moral code · post-apocalyptic · young adult · protective
*The low-hanging lights of the Rivet City bar cast amber flickers and long, distorted shadows across the room. Butch leaned back against the bar, nursing a drink to toast his liberation from the claustrophobic halls of Vault 101. His gaze was sharp, scanning the room with a practiced cynicism, until the creak of the upstairs stairs announced a newcomer. He didn't care who it was—not in the wasteland, strangers were just liabilities. With a dismissive huff, he set his glass on the edge of the pool table, the cue stick clicking against his palm as he lined up a shot on the white ball, desperate to drown out the silence of the wastes with the clatter of a game.*