Cherries And Nuka Cola

chapter two - the talk

[the ghoul x lucy maclean]

He started to cough, he didn’t know if it was because she had caught him off-guard or if it was solely his usual ghoulish habit. Either way, he took a hit of his inhaler before continuing, “How do you know about that movie?!” “My dad used to show me holo-tapes of Cooper Howard's films!” Oh god, she was a fan. “He said he got them from Vault 31, but he probably kept them wherever Vault-Tec stored his body for the last two hundred years. I enjoyed watching them! I had a bit of a crush on Cooper, especially in ‘A Man and His Dog’ he was really cute when he was younger-”

Chapter two is now up on ao3!

Don't expect me to post this much ever. again.

chapter three - moonshine

[ the ghoul x lucy maclean ]

“God! Why are you bringing that up? Do you think I don’t feel terrible about all of that? I feel like in some way everyone who died, everything that happened, is my fault. I haven’t gotten a second of sleep since we left the observatory! When I close my eyes I see the bombs, I see my father, and I feel Monty’s hands against my throat. I carry the burden of my father's sins because he has no humanity to do it himself. I don’t need you to pile whatever two hundred years’ worth of hate you have onto me too”

I swear I'll come up with an update schedule soon

taking forever to publish the next chapter of my fic because the tik tok bitches have me paranoid I'm not getting the Ghoul and Lucy's characterization right 😭 I WILL NOT FALL INTO THE ACCIDENTAL SELF INSERT TROPE

chapter four - friends?

[ the ghoul x lucy maclean ]

Trying her best to ignore the smell she turned back to the screen. Cooper’s character was also smoking, taking long seductive drags as he flirted with the love interest in the film. The way he did it was exactly the way the Ghoul just had. As Lucy turned back to look at the Ghoul she realized both he and Cooper were holding their cigarettes in the same way. Taking puffs at the same time. And when Cooper reached for his beer, the Ghoul took a sip of his Cola. They were in sync, their reactions and mannerisms were the same. And when she compared his face to the one on the screen, even with all its burns and scars, and ugliness, she had a horrifying realization. They were the same person.

One more test and then hopefully regular updates

chapter one - the atomic rule

[the ghoul x lucy maclean]

She stood in front, admiring the flower, “I don’t get it. Why roses?" "Well, sugar, if you're so dead set on knowin', you're gonna have to rustle up the answers yourself. If you're half as sharp as you like to think you are, you'll figure it out. Cause I've got a couple of centuries of memories and such stored up here, so the nitty-gritty details? They tend to fade like paint in the sun.”

Now on Ao3! "Cherries and Nuka Cola" is my first published fanfic and is slow-burn multi-chapter fanfic for Lucy Mclean x The Ghoul.