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Dusty, dry and boiling heat. Lucy and The Ghoul are walking, feet dragging on.
‘And then my dad said, well that 's a whole ‘nother job’ Lucy yapped. Cooper yawned.
‘Sweetheart, you told me that story already.’ he stops in his path.
‘What? No I didn't,’ she huffed.
He smirked, ‘well, talk about something else. Daddy stories are running low. I'm bored’
Lucy snapped, ‘Oh you're bored? Tell me a story then.’
He laughs, ‘calm down sweetheart. I'll tell you a story later’ , he stops at a small abandoned house. ‘Sleep here tonight?’ He opens the door full of bullet holes.
‘Yeah, we need to get some inventory though’ she crosses her arms.
‘I have a bag full of our needs and equipment my sweet, don't you worry. We have enough for 3 days. Just get fuel for the fire’
She agrees, dropping off her bag and getting wood and abandoned furniture.
‘Enough?’ she throws stuff down.
He laughs, ‘that? Enough? Darling that wont last 4 hours’ he kicks it in a pile.
She huffs again, arms folding. ‘Well, you do it then. Since I'm soooo bad at it’. she says in a sarcastic tone. ‘Wow’ a smile curls up at the side of his mouth. ‘You are one bossy little lady’
She kicks the wood, ‘bossy?’
‘Yeah, bossy and sassy too’ he snarks. ‘So much attitude for a little lady’ he gets up close, towering her slightly, ‘I like a lady who knows how to snap back. Feisty’
She looks away, ‘oh shut up.’ avoiding all eye contact.
He steps a tad closer, ‘what? Little Miss Maclean can't take no compliments?’
They both just stand, Lucy whispers. ‘I can’.
‘What's that pet??’ he leans down to hear her.
‘I can! I can take a compliment’ she moves back a few steps.
Cooper tips down his hat. ‘Be back in 5 sweetheart’ he sweeps past her.
Lucy sits down on an old chair outside the building, watching as The Ghoul walks with Dogmeat. She kinda admires him, but at the same time. Hates him down.
‘Okay darlin, here's some more wood. Should last until we leave at daytime’ he sits down, leaning against a rock.
‘Can you please pass me my bag’ The Ghoul throws her bag over. ‘Thanks’
‘Not a problem darlin’ he crosses his legs while getting into a comfier position. ‘Are you warm enough?’
‘Im fine.’ Lucy wasn't fine actually. She was horny and pretty agitated. But she had no choice so she decided to ignore it. Use her anger for other things.
The Ghoul sighs, a small laugh coming out. ‘Sure, goodnight Miss Maclean’ he tips his hat down.
Lucy sighs, ‘night’ , and curls up so she can sleep.
━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━the next morning━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━
The Ghoul was always awake before Lucy, watching over her making sure no one was coming their way. He had been woken up multiple times last night by Lucy, not by her coming up to him, but her making sounds like a bad dream… but it didn't sound bad. More good, but like a hungry craving.
Lucy rolls over, yawning. ‘Morning’ she smiles, grabbing a drink of her water. ‘Mornin sweetheart, you okay?’ he smirks.
Lucy makes a weird face, ‘yeah… im fine??? I'm gonna go clean up before we head’ she gets up, pushing past to go inside the abandoned house.
‘Don't use the toilet in there, it's not pretty’ he laughs. Hitting the wall so she can hear him.
‘Yes! Okay!!!’ Lucy is still annoyed, horny and agitated. She had sex with Maximus and then nothing since?? And she could never ask The Ghoul, he would laugh in her face. Lucy just keeps it hidden and quiet. Hoping he wouldn't catch on.
Lucy also kept having dreams about him , everything from wet dreams to dreams of just being with him 24/7. Which she has been for a while now. Convincing herself to say it's only a crush, it will pass. She starts going deeper, her cunt craving touch, she is close, her fingers going deeper. She grinds on herself.
‘Sweetheart! Come on! We need to leave now.’ he slammed on the wall. Lucy jumps up in shock.
‘Yes yes, coming, coming sorry’ she stands up, zipping her jumpsuit.
‘What the fuck took you so long jesus christ’
‘Sorry, I was busy..’ she walked at a slower pace behind him. He stops, ‘are you okay? Have I pissed you off?’ She also stops, smiling. ‘Me ??pissed at you???’ she lets out a forced laugh, ‘no of course not. Just lady problems don' t worry’ she smiles back, hoping he thinks she's being honest. ‘Okay, well if you want somethin darlin, just ask…’ he smirks, he knows Lucy is lying but he wont let her know that.
‘Okey dokey’
They do their usuals, walk, stop, eat, sleep, repeat. But once again Lucy just felt off. Cooper wasn't shy in noticing when her emotions were off. He knew fine well it wasn't her period.
‘Man I'm gonna rest. Now. I am soooo tired’ Lucy fake yawned, pointing to a safe place for them to stop. As Lucy walks forward inside the building, Cooper grabs her, pushing her against the wall.
‘Hey get off me !’ Lucy fails to get out of his grip.
‘What is your problem, you aren't tired?? It's not even dark. Why are you avoiding me’
Lucy swallows, ‘I'm not, I really am tired!’ He bangs the wall next to her. ‘Bullshit sweetheart’
Her face is now a shade of crimson he had never seen in a person before, ‘what?’ He looks at Lucy, who is now avoiding eye contact. ‘Nothing! It's fine, I won't sleep now, let's keep going!!!’ he lets her out of his grip. ‘Fine, go.’
Lucy looks for loot before they leave, he just stands and watches. He wonders why him…. Out of all living things?? Whatever, he ignored it as maybe it's just her warming up to him.
‘You done? I assume we got 3 hours until dark.’
I'm done, and yeah I managed to find edible things and 2 stimpaks .’ She stuffs everything in her bag.
‘Good job darlin, let's go. And give me your bag’ he offers to carry her bag as she seems over stimulated. ‘Oh, thank you,’ a warm smile fills up Lucy's face.
They walk again, a few stops along the way until it gets dark. Finding another small safe space for them to rest.
‘You feelin any better sweetheart?’ his hand lands on the nape of her neck, slowly rubbing. That makes Lucy shiver. ‘Yeah, much better.’ His hand doesn't stop, and Lucy is falling back into his grip. ‘Hey, hey woah be careful, you gonna fall’ he grabs Lucy so she is standing up to face him. ‘Darlin, does that help you rest? I dont mind doing it for you but you cant be stood up’ , but Lucy isn't listening, she's just staring into his eyes. ‘Yeah, yeah’ she blurts out. ‘Can i sleep now?’
He laughs, ‘look, i need to set a fire and get your blanket out. Or you will be too cold’ he sits her down, ‘stay here, and eat something’. Lucy yawns, ‘okay, I will’ .
Lucy and Dogmeat stayed at the base,and Cooper was out collecting wood and fuel for their fire. But he is fast, not sure why he cares so deeply for this stupid vaultie.
‘Okay, I'm back, I have everything’ he builds up a fire and helps Lucy get comfortable. ‘Hey, hey stop falling asleep get up’ he lifts Lucy up. ‘Come on darlin you need to get in a proper position’ he lays her down and wraps a blanket around her. ‘What's up with you darlin, you're acting strange are you sick?’ Lucy yawns, ‘no, I'm just so tired. I have so many needs in this wasteland I can't fill. I'll sleep it out’, Cooper sits a bit farther away, as to not annoy her, ‘if you're sure, goodnight’
As he stood up, Lucy grabbed his leg, ‘can I use your thigh as a pillow… my neck isn't liking the ground tonight’ , he sits back down, ‘yeah yeah go ahead’ she sleeps on her side, her neck exposed slightly. His hand goes back to the same place, Lucy flinches. ‘Sorry, I didn't mean to-’ Lucy grabs his hand and puts it back, ‘please, and can you please take your glove off’
Cooper obliges and his hand rubs that spot on her neck, sending her into sleep. Probably the best sleep she's gonna get in this shithole. He stays awake as long as he can. Giving lucy the comfort she desires.
━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━the next morning━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━
The Ghoul woke up, Lucy awake and eating already. ‘Hey, morning’ Lucy smiles.
‘Mornin darlin, have you been awake long?’ The Ghoul stretches.’no, maybe like 43 minutes to be exact. Also did you know you snore really loud’ , The Ghoul laughs, ‘you make weird noises too sweetheart.’, he stands up, getting everything ready and feeding Dogmeat.
‘So, Miss Maclean… we need to take the long route today as there's an area around here we can't get by without dying…’ Lucy turns around, ‘oh, how many days is the detour?’, The Ghoul sighs, ‘one and a half…butttt, i happen to know a place we can rest’ , Lucy grunts. ‘One and a half days!!!! Come on’ Lucy kicks the dirt. ‘Then we better go now huh? Come on’
They walk and walk and walk, again copying the same routine now. Lucy was once again agitated and horny. Thinking maybe he would one day pin her down and take her. Show her how he was in charge. But she herself knew it wouldn't happen.
‘Hey, do you ever get odd cravings for things that don't really exist anymore?’ she starts of slick, trying to get more talk out of him, maybe know him better. ‘Well, a steak for one. A warm bath, my old car…’ he sighs, ‘i would ask you darlin but, i dont think you really experienced it’ , Lucy laughs, ‘well, i read and teach about it to the children of the vault’, ‘well, not the same really but sure… what do you crave?’ Lucy stopped, ‘well, erm. Same as you… clean water, proper food. I miss my dad but you know he's evil and everything’ , ‘yes, your daddy is evil indeed, im glad you don't take after him that way.’ Lucy smiles, ‘really?? Awwww you're nice, sometimes’. He smiles and they continue walking and find a small place to sit for 15 minutes.
Lucy was messing about and climbing, decided to take watch in a tree, and fell. ‘Fuck, fuck ow my ribs’ she whispers to herself as she slowly gets up.
‘Hey, can you help me?’ Lucy pats The Ghouls shoulder who was on lookout, ‘yeah whats wrong?’
‘Just as you left i slipped, i think i hurt my rib can you bandage it’
The Ghoul rushes to help, ‘darlin why didnt you come get me when you fell?’ he sighs, Lucy pulls down her jumpsuit tp her waist, I'm sorry i couldnt get up i didnt wanna yell’ his hands wrap her body, squeezing her to find what area is hurting most, ‘make a sound when i squeeze okay’, his hands gently squeeze, Lucy squirming in his grasp, ‘ow ow owwww that side that side!!’ , ‘Okay alright, stand still’ he removes his gloves and his hands slowly wrap the bandage around her, his hands lightly touching her stomach and waist, ‘is it too tight or you okay?’ she sighs, ‘it's great, thank you’ . ‘next time be more careful okay.’
Lucy was wet, his hands felt so warm but also soft. She wanted to bite all his fingers off again.
‘Can we rest here? Or near by tonight' Lucy walks slowly in pain.
‘Yeah darlin sure, we need to walk at least 1 more hour, this place has old beds inside it’
‘Like , a mattress ? oh my god im so excited’
‘Yeah, well they aint the best but you can use them’
‘We can share , come on’ Lucy walks a bit closer to him. ‘I'm sorry for being a clutz, I normally can take good care of myself’, The Ghoul laughs, ‘everyone needs help, even me, there' s no shame in it’ he sighs, ‘maybe we should ask each other for help more if we need it, deal?’ Lucy's eyes light up, ‘yeah, deal. What kind of help?’ The Ghoul smirks, ‘any, I guess darlin’ . They both knew what that meant but none of them would act on it.
Arriving at the new safe space
‘Wow, this is the nicest dirtiest building Ive ever seen… is it a bed shop or?’, ‘was a bed shop, but there's only a few good ones’ , ‘well, take your pick, or all of them. Ill sleep over there’ The Ghoul places down his stuff, letting Dogmeat rest. I'm gonna block off the doors and cover the windows, we can make a small fire on the roof until we are tired. Ok darlin?’, ‘yeah, just come back when you're done’ .
Lucy had thought about touching herself again, but she was in pain and could barely bend down to pee. She wanted to grind or rub, but she had no strength and was tired again after a full day walking. She finds a piece of wood, smooth with no bumps or horrid texture. Lucy decides to slowly grind it. Feeling the sensation rub against her clit, the fabric of her jumpsuit. It was hot and hitting all the right spots. Lucy was out of it, grinding moaning not caring who could hear. She unzips her jumpsuit and starts rubbing her clit. ‘Fuckkk, ahh it hurts so bad but i cant stop’ her ribs getting tighter with her deep breaths. She finally reaches her climax.
The whole time, The Ghoul was listening.
peeking in for a look. He hadn't felt that feeling in so long. Something awakened in him. He wanted to go in there and give her everything and more. But he wouldn't. He didn't know why Lucy wanted or needed him that way.
But in fact that was all she thought about while touching herself and all she has been thinking about for the past while now.
He waited and pretended to walk back once she dressed and relaxed.
‘Darlin, are you still awake? Help me bring this stuff up?’ The Ghoul yells from one floor down. Lucy puts the piece of wood in her bag, ‘yep yeah coming coming’ , The Ghoul hands Lucy a pile of wood. ‘Sweetheart, you alright? You look all red and overheated? Are you sick?’ , she gulps, ‘I am fine, just too warm’, The Ghoul stops. ‘Why am I making us a fire then?’ Lucy laughs, ‘we still need one, you might get cold’ , The Ghoul laughs, ‘sure sweetheart, i guess’ . they head to the roof, making a fire, setting up the mattresses.
‘Sorry for making you carry that, how are your ribs?’, ‘still sore, but bandages are helping’ , The Ghoul smiles, ‘good, need you at bay’.
They settle back down for another night, this time Lucy sleeping alone on 2 old mattresses. She so desperately wanted to cuddle up with him, he had offered his famous line , 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸… but Lucy was nervous to ask him, because that's probably not what he meant by that statement, in fact she could ask him for a lot more. But she won't and never will.
The Ghoul tapped her shoulder, ‘hey, sweetheart’ She was daydreaming at this point and jumped up as he gave her a fright, ‘yeah whats up?’, she smiles, ‘are you warm enough, i got you another blanket’ , The Ghoul gives a faint smile.
‘Yeah, I'm a bit cold now, thank you’ , she takes the blanket. ‘I wanted to ask something else’, The Ghoul turns back around. ‘Yes?’Lucy avoids eye contact.. ‘You know what! It's fine, sorry, goodnight!’ Lucy turns back around.
‘Darlin, what is it?’ The Ghoul sits next to her mattress. ‘nothing’ , The Ghoul laughs a little, ‘what do you want? More blankets? More water?? I can get it for you just as-’ he was cut off. ‘I was gonna ask if you would hug me, or if I could lay on you so I can sleep better’ Lucy pauses. ‘Ohhh my god why did I say it outloud.’ she goes red, hiding her face. The Ghoul is smiling, ‘move over, and let me get this stuff off’ . He doesn't fully undress, just removes his jacket and all his belts and bags. ‘Why are you so embarrassed to ask?’ The Ghoul crawls into bed next to her. ‘I don't know’ she crawls up, her head on his chest and his arm on her back, rubbing slowly while he hums a small song. ‘Do you feel better now?’ he asks quietly, the fire crackling in the back. ‘Yeah, feels like home’, Lucy falls asleep quite fast and The Ghoul falls asleep not much after. Dogmeat also curled up at the bottom of the bed too.
The Ghoul felt more peaceful, like he was taking care of her. But he wanted more… to give Lucy something he can't, like a new life in a beautiful world. The world was broken. And he was gonna make sure Lucy was happy, always. ♡
TBC in chapter2. ｡𖦹°‧ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ