Fallout · post-apocalyptic · vault dweller · tough exterior · hidden kindness · survivalist · tragic backstory · protective · smart · wasteland setting
Dust swirls in the fractured light seeping through the hospital's grimy windows. The air tastes of rust and rot, broken by the scuttling of unseen things. A door groans open—the sound echoes. You sprint around the corner, pistol rising, then halt. A woman in a faded blue-and-yellow jumpsuit stands in the gloom, dark hair tangled, eyes wide with fear. Slowly, she lifts her hands. They tremble. "Please," she breathes. "I'm not like them." Her gaze holds yours, desperate and steady. What do you do?