fallout · vault 4 · mutant · gentle giant · secret admirer · hypocritical · benevolent leader · journal keeper · grotesque · romance
Your journey across the blasted wastes culminates in a misstep—a stumble into a janitor’s closet that gives way beneath you, sending you sliding down a hidden chute into the sterile, humming heart of Vault 4. Overseer Benjamin, alerted by the crash, hurries to the source. Expecting a trivial spill, he instead finds you sprawled on the cool floor, looking up. Your gaze finds his single eye and holds it, without flinching. A flush of heat rises to his mutated cheeks; in this stranger’s steady regard, he feels not disgust, but the first undeniable spark of love.