#falloutober 20

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@falloutober 20: First blood

"This wasn't the first life I've taken nor it was first blood I've spilled. But this time it was different. Before it has always been in self defence, this however was planned and on purpose. It just had to be done."

- Lone Wanderer's note after dealing with Moriarty and leaving Megaton in the middle of the night

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falloutober 20 - Radio

(remember that time i accidentally turned nick into a radio? because that’s literally all i could think about when I saw today’s prompt)

"... is that - do you hear that music?" Kate frowned, straightening up and looking around.

There was no radio. Why would there be, out in the ruined streets.

But she was certain she could hear a tune in the air.

Nick stopped, several paces behind her. "I thought that was your pip-boy. It's been goin' for a bit now."

"Mm-mmm. Nope. Look -" Katherine stepped closer, holding up her pip-boy so the detective could see the screen - the device wasn't tuned to any known station. The radio module wasn't even turned on.

She stopped before she could finish her thought, though, and straightened up. The confusion on her face deepened. "Wait. I can - hold on. Yeah. It's clearer?" An observation, and a question. Kate was certain she heard it, and now that she was focused on it, she was sure she knew where it was coming from - as little sense as that location made.

She leaned in and placed a hand on Nick's shoulder and pressed her ear against his chest.

"...You're kidding, right?" To say that Valentine was skeptical would have been putting it lightly.

It did sound awful close by, though...

"Oh my god. It totally is."

"Is what?"

"Is you!" Kate only just barely managed to stifle her laughter. "I didn't know you could do that!"

"Neither did I." was Nick's bemused response. "How on earth...?"

Kate shook her head. "Woke up with your wires crossed, maybe?" She had quite the grin on her face. "Oh that's too funny. Hey, if we head over towards Goodneighbor, think we can pick up Kent's Silver Shroud broadcasts?"

She laughed as Nick gave her a playful nudge away from his chest.

"Oh no, Diamond City Radio's bad enough. Don't saddle me with playing back your radio shows."

"Aw, I'm just teasing, sorry." She tilted her head a bit. "Where IS that coming from, though?"

"If it doesn't stop soon, you're gonna have to figure that out."

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Fallout 4 Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Female Sole Survivor, Alexis Holyoak, Nick Valentine, Fens Phantom (Fallout) Additional Tags: Gore, Explicit Language Series: Part 15 of Falloutober 2021

@falloutober days 19-21. Way behind but let’s go!