#unenthusedsquire

[number1yisuchongfan]

He’s sweaty from the Mojave heat, tired from working all day, and desperately needs a damn smoke 🚬🫩

[number1yisuchongfan]

Oh sweet Thaddeus, I’m gonna write a fanfic where you, Norm, and the thadlings live a happy, peaceful life with kindness and joy… and many little goats and other animals like chickens, a horse, and a cow or two for the kids to play with and take care of

[number1yisuchongfan]

I have so many headcanons about Norm and Thaddeus, and someone wanted some more, I’m not sure if they wanted more suggestive or just general headcanons, so I’m gonna go with general headcanons for all y’all to feast on!

(Art Credits by @punkiio!!!💕)

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Thaddeus is extremely physically affectionate, and he loves to touch, hold, grab, or even just have Norm nearby so he can kiss or hug him whenever. Norm is alright with it mostly, because he loves to kiss Thaddeus, but sometimes it’s a bit much.

Norm adores Thaddeus’s kids of the Thadlings a lot, and he loves how they are so welcoming and loving with him. Even if he’s awkward, the littlest kids find him comforting, and the oldest kids tease but do find him a good role model. They call him “Mr. Norm” or “Vaultie” and they typically call Thaddeus “Sir” or “Boss” but they slip up with “Dad/Pa” and it melts both of their hearts.

Thaddeus has a lot of body dysphoria from his mutations, especially with how the FEV/mutagen is changing his body and degrading it, but Norm finds them fascinating and takes time and care to kiss each blemish, scar, and boil on his skin.

Norm just loves to play with Thaddeus’s hair— his body hair, his mustache, and his balding head of hair, all of it— and he likes how soft the auburn/strawberry blonde is when he runs his fingers through it and swirls his fingers. Thaddeus is always left blushing and Norm just can’t help but find his awkward smile adorable.

Thaddeus likes to stare at Norm’s body when he’s just working on a terminal or at their little garden Norm set up at the factory, especially his ass. He likes Norm’s butt a lot and the older kids tease him, Maximus finds it a bit funny while Lucy grumbles and snaps her fingers to grab his attention, but Thaddeus knows what he likes and he likes Norm’s ass. It is a cute butt.

Norm is a huge softie with the kids, so while trying to set up school work and even just a regular sleep schedule, he ends up getting pulled away or a kid pouts, and the whole day is stopped to do something fun. The Thadlings know he’s weak to puppy eyes and Thaddeus tries to get him to realize that the kids are playing on his heartstrings.

Thaddeus and Norm are both massive comic book nerds, and both talk about their fav heroes (Norm is Silver Shroud and Thaddeus is Mistress of Mystery) and just about Hurbis Comics in general. They have a huge shared collection.

Norm finds it funny when Thaddeus plucks him up randomly, and fusses about over Thaddeus’s shoulder. Thaddeus does it mostly to play with him, and Norm finds it sorta funny but mostly annoying.

And that’s all I got for here!! I hope you enjoyed reading <3

[number1yisuchongfan]

REMINDER FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING IN USW!!!

The Unenthused Squire Week 2026 starts on this Friday aka June 5th!!!

Remember to look over the prompts, keep your eye on the #unenthusedsquireweek tag on here and the Norm MacLean/Thaddeus tag on Ao3 for people's fics, and to keep you in the know. I hope you all are ready!

[number1yisuchongfan]

I know those eyes have seen such darkness but all I can see is Norm sitting there all pretty and looking at Thaddeus and kinda begging Thaddeus to just take him home now because he’s overstimulated by all the noise. Thaddeus is very social but he’ll do it for that face

[number1yisuchongfan]

That’s Life!

Rating: Teen ๑ Word Count: 6.6k ๑ Chapters: 2/???

Link to fic!!!

[number1yisuchongfan]

Unenthused Squire Week 2026 Announcement + Prompts

Hello Everyone!!! I'm Rem, aka number1yisuchongfan on here and idontunderstand_writing on Ao3, and I'm proud to announce a Unenthused Squire (Thaddeus x Norm MacLean or NormThad) prompt filled shipping week for late May/early June this year. @vaultkniqht's Vaultknight week had me inspired and so here we are! This is going on from May 29th to June 4th so mark your planners!

The prompts go as "Trope - AU - Location - Color" and you can pick multiple if you want, or maybe even all! It's all up to you!

Prompt List:

Day One (May 29th): Soulmates - Supernatural/Monster AU - San Fernando Air Base - Gold

Day Two (May 30th): Hurt/Comfort - Fairytale Retelling/Fantasy AU - Vault 33 - Crimson Red

Day Three (May 31st): Meet-Cutes/Meet-Uglies - Role Swap AU - LA Boneyard - Cobalt Blue

Day Four (June 1st): Shotgun Wedding - Western AU - Sunset Sarsaparilla Bottling Plant - Root Beer Candy

Day Five (June 2nd): Right Person/Wrong Time - Modern AU - Vault-Tec HQ Tower - Mahogany

Day Six (June 3rd): Size Difference - Single Parent AU - New Vegas Strip - Auburn

Day Seven (June 4th): Free Day!

You can make anything for this week, such as: Edits, Fanficiton, Fanart, Moodboards, Poetry, Gifs, or just Text Posts! All are welcome, no matter how big or small the post or content is!! Please remember to use the #unenthusedsquireweek for this shipping week so I can reblog your posts and boost them to everyone else!

[number1yisuchongfan]

I don't think we talk about how Norm can be kind of an asshole, and almost a bit vindictive and catty about it. We see this in S1 with how he talks about the raiders, but we also see this with him talking to them. I think this is why I really like writing Norm for one of my little entries into Unenthused Squire Week.

He's genuinely a catty little weasel in that entry, and Thaddeus is disgusted yet also DEEPLY attracted to Norm's confidence and ability to just stand his ground and get what he wants. He wants that confidence, and the closest he can get to it is sticking his tongue down Norm's throat.