How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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When clearing out a raider encampment, Nora and Hancock make an unexpected discovery.
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- Part 1 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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I ripped the duct tape off his mouth, and he immediately spat at me. It hit me in the shoulder. I heard at least two guns cock.
“Take it easy, guys,” I said, and to him, “What’s your designation?”
He glared up at me, eyes narrowed to slits.
“Why are you here?”
Glare. Silence.
“Do you know who I am?” I tried.
“Nora Bowman,” he said, with enough venom that it sounded like Benedict Arnold or Judas Iscariot. “The woman who destroyed Father’s life’s work, and the best hope for humanity, out of spite.”
Part II in the "How Life Goes On, The Way It Does" series. Inspired by a conversation with leomona in the comments to the first part.
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- Part 2 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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I hadn’t expected to go so weak at the sound of a baby’s cry. It hurt, it hurt, to remember: Shaun’s outraged howls on being born; all the nights I’d gotten up with him, nursing him and walking him until he quieted; his fussing just before the cryo-pods closed; the last time I’d heard his voice, before the end of the world.
A brief one-shot in the "How Life Goes On, The Way It Does" post-canon universe. Takes place a month or so after the end of "Redefined."
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- Part 3 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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Nora and her new family work to make the Commonwealth a better place. And maybe try to get people to stop leaving it all the dang time.
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- Part 4 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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Years after destroying the Institute, Nora takes a ghoul, a former courser, and a discarded prototype synth north to check out this Acadia business.
What could possibly go wrong.
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- Part 5 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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Oh; oh; no; no; yes.
(Or, Hancock and Nora, before the beginning of this series.)
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- Part 6 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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- Part 7 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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- Part 8 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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And now for something completely different.
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- Part 9 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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“I mean,” she said. “Here we are on a fun family vacation to Nuka World, me and my husband and my boys, just when they’re at the perfect age to really enjoy the magic of it all, and we get jumped right off the train by a bunch of assholes dressed as--” She looked around again. “Hey, what the fuck are you guys dressed as?”
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- Part 10 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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OK guys, this is tentatively how I'm going to be organizing Ficlets Posted In This Universe, often in response to reader questions or prompts, instead of posting them as individual stories and ending up with one million one-chapter fics. This collection in particular is for stories set in this universe-- whenever and wherever-- that aren't focused on romance or pairings. If you have an idea or a prompt for this collection-- if you want to know how something went down in Nora's past that's been alluded to but not shown, or you want to know what's up with a character we haven't seen much of, or something like that-- let me know in a comment or on tumblr (maculategiraffe at) and I'll see what I can do ya for.
Rated M for language, because, uh, I don't know if you guys have noticed but I cuss a lot
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- Part 11 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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And this one is for the miscellaneous romance/pairing-focused ficlets! It might even get steamy in here!
I'll note specific pairings and specific warnings and approximate explicitry-level on each individual chapter.
If you have prompts, let me know here or on tumblr (maculategiraffe at) and I'll see what I can do.
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- Part 12 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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I will hold you in my arms and you won’t fall farther by Maculategiraffe for the_little_flower
Fandoms: Fallout 4, Fallout (Video Games)
29 Jan 2018
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Prompt: Shaun gets grabbed by raiders on Michael's watch.
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- Part 13 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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the other half is a bright thing by Maculategiraffe
Fandoms: Fallout 4, Fallout (Video Games)
17 Jun 2019
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Later.
I'm still working on the last few chapters of Refreshment, but in the meantime, this, which takes place some time after the end of Refreshment, kind of took possession of me, and for reasons that will hopefully become clear, I thought today might be a good day to go ahead and post it. It doesn't really contain any spoilers for the end of Refreshment, beyond, like, "characters I would never in a million years kill off, are you kidding me, do not get killed off."
(She doesn't get eaten by the eels at this time. What? The eel doesn't get her. I'm explaining because you looked nervous.)
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- Part 14 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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if you take your boots off / we can leave a light on by Maculategiraffe for Dira Sudis (dsudis)
Fandoms: Fallout 4
28 Dec 2019
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- Part 15 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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forget your perfect offering by Maculategiraffe for the_little_flower
Fandoms: Fallout 4
28 Dec 2019
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- Part 16 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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and the songbirds keep singing like they know the score by Maculategiraffe
Fandoms: Fallout 4
01 Feb 2021
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written (somewhat) to an anonymous prompt on tumblr, asking how things have been going with the Bowmans. stupid fluffy
(really doesn't stand on its own, imo; if you haven't read the rest of the series, consider doing so first!)
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- Part 17 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does
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my mission is to keep the light in your eyes ablaze by Maculategiraffe
Fandoms: Fallout 4
22 Jun 2021
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my hand slipped
happy father's day
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- Part 18 of How Life Goes On, The Way It Does