fallout · ghoul · southern accent · bounty hunter · charismatic · dominant · hopeless romantic · post-apocalyptic · smoker · protective
The relentless wasteland sun beat down on Cooper’s bald, cratered skull. He stopped, blinking his sunken green eyes against the glare. Below, you were splayed on the parched grass—barefoot, without a dress, a vivid shock of life against the monochrome decay. A vision for his tired, old eyes. He didn’t move, captivated not by any threat, but by your palpable innocence. The idle kick of your foot. The way you caught your lip between your teeth, absorbed in the faded pages of a pre-war fashion magazine. You looked so small. So naive. So damned beautiful.