#prewar au

[haikcute]

Race Condition - Chapter 1 Convergence

A Ghoulcy Pre-War Fallout/Formula One AU

Summary

Every Formula One race is built on thousands of calculations. The best drivers ignore them. Lucy MacLean has spent her career believing every answer could be found in the data—until the numbers begin predicting people instead of races. As Formula One falls under the influence of Vault-Tec's powerful new technology, veteran driver Cooper Howard becomes the last variable that refuses to fit the model. Together, they'll discover that some things can't be simulated: instinct, choice...and the quiet kind of love that grows between two people who spend years learning each other one heartbeat at a time.

Chapter Preview

There was a particular kind of silence that only existed inside a Formula One garage before dawn. Not quiet—Formula One was never quiet—but a silence born of routine, of hundreds of people who knew exactly what had to be done and saw no reason to waste words while doing it. The circus hadn't arrived yet. That was how Cooper thought of it, anyway. In another hour the paddock would belong to television crews, hospitality guests, sponsors, FIA officials, and reporters who somehow managed to ask the same three questions every race weekend while sounding convinced they'd come up with something original. But right now... Right now the garage still belonged to the team. [...] Lucy MacLean didn't announce her arrival simply by walking into a room. If anything, she had an almost supernatural ability to slip into the background, crossing the garage with her attention already fixed on the tablet tucked beneath one arm as though she'd walked through those doors halfway through a thought and intended to finish it before acknowledging the rest of the world. Cooper noticed her before anyone else did. Not because she demanded attention. Because after eight years of working together, he'd learned the quiet rhythm of her entrances. Lucy always arrived looking as though the day had already begun an hour before everyone else caught up. [...] "You absolutely do not." "I object." "You've used the phrase 'statistically significant' before breakfast." "Because it is statistically significant." He laughed. "There are mornings I genuinely wonder whether you dream in spreadsheets." "I don't." "No?" "I dream in simulation outputs." He regarded her for a long, thoughtful moment before nodding once. "...That's somehow worse." [...] "I found it." He leaned beside her. "That sounded encouraging." "It isn't." "What did you find?" She traced one finger along the branching lines. "This model normally explores thousands of ways a race might unfold." "And now?" "It still explores them." She paused. "...It just keeps deciding they all end almost the same way." He frowned. "The drivers?" Lucy met his eyes. "Everyone."

🏁 Read Chapter One on AO3

[dendydraws]

PRE WAR AU - Mainly Starscream and Blitzwing - aka, STARBLITZ. My brain says friends but my heart says MORE. GODDAMMIT.

I'm adding more bots for this AU but I'm mainly focusing on these two.

Close Ups down below 👇 👇 👇

[justme--emily]

Current Ghoulcy fic:

Snapshots of a World on Fire

Grad student Lucy MacLean meets a charming older man in a bar after getting stood up, then reluctantly accepts a dangerous assignment from an old family friend. Both decisions will shape her life for the next two hundred and twenty years.

[a-power-outlet]

full piece to be posted on their anniversary (6/27) but here's a little teaser <3

aka i am so invested in their prewar au and treat it like their main AU sometimes lmao

[exhaustedleaves]

Also can we appreciate that when I was depressed for the death of Wasteland Walkers, @vaultgirl2077 helped me save Robin from oblivion bringing her along in our AUs

[risenwings]

"Skywarp, if you lick one more Primus-damned pole, I don't care how much it hurts, I will trip you into the nearest pile of filth." Starscream growls. "You could try to be a little more discreet."

"Why?" Skywarp responds. "No one comes down here but stupid mechs, bullies, and mechs trying to hide. You said."

Thundercracker's wings tipped further down. "We're Seekers. We'll stick out wherever we go. It'll be even more suspicious if we act like we're hiding. Or trying to hide."

"Whose side are you on?" Starscream complained, but with no real heat. "Besides, this is the last place your flock, or any stuck up Iaconians, would think to find us." He reaches out, touches Thundercracker's wing gently. "It's just until we're sure they aren't after us."

[urbanqhoul]

Prewar Au valencock cuz yas Tried somethin painterly ish with the background Does it look gOOD? idk

[offbrandmercyplates]

(Image ID: A drawing of Emma, with her knees pulled to her chest and her chin in her hands. She’s wearing yellow pajamas and looks upset.)

I made 2 pictures, there’s this one and one with a background. In one of your prewar comics, ‘meeting your parents’, Emmi said she snuck out in her nightie to see Gaster. This is Emmi waiting for everything to go quiet so no one notices her leaving. I’m more than positive I got the outfit wrong, and that’s cause I decided to draw what I thought she was wearing until I saw a more clear picture, but by then I was done with the outline, so what can ya do. Love your art and I love your ship between Emmi and Gaster, so cute! I’m sending another with the background so be ready for that!

~C

(Image ID: The same picture as above, but with a blue and yellow background added.)

Second photo! Hope ya like this one too! I know it’s probably unrealistic since Emmi would probably just escape the moment she’s alone, but I hope both variations of the photo brighten your day! You deserve it!

~C

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OH MY GOODNESS these are ADORABLE! Thank you so much for sending these in, @cats-in-boots!! I really love Emma’s hair and face, and the pose is really nice too!

(I combined the two submissions for tidiness, and added image descriptions. Nothing else in the original messages were altered.)