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I want to precise that, since i'm French, it might contain spelling/grammar mistakes.
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Even the heroes are mortals
The boy (no, after all he's been through he shouldn't be called like that anymore). Ashton was standing in front of her and she couldn't quite believe what he has done.
Sarah managed to stay calm only because she knew if she didn't, they were likely to be blown by an orbital strike.
"Everyone in the vertibird! Now!"
She then added, more quitly to Ashton:
"I'm truly impressed by what you did. I wish i could know you better."
"You can't ?" he asked, raising an eyebrow
"Well, not now anyway." She corrected, before adding "There's plenty of time for that later tough
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One week later
Ashton seemed to have fallen in a sadness like Sarah never saw before. The fiew times she saw him he was always wary and seemed apathic.
One afternnon she finally managed to be alone with him and asked him:
"Why are you like this ?"
"Like what" he answered, trying to not look like he knew perfectly what she was talking about
"So sad, so... you seem ready to shoot yourself at any moment !"
"And why shouldn't I ?" he snapped "My father is dead; the assholes who killed him too and the goal of his life is completed! Wht should I care about his world anymore ?"
"You could try to find something to live for."
"And what ?" I went to the Vault just after my father's died, I helped them find a peaceful solution to their shit and, you know what ? THEY KICKED ME OUT!"
Sarah was a moment taken aback by the violence of his anger but he resumed his rant:
"When i found them, they were on the verge of a revolt! One of them, butch, an asshole, even asked me to sabotaged the Vault! I refused, talk everyone out of it, and THEN,Amata, my so called-friend told me to leave because "my presence will to more harm than good"! AND YOU ANT ME TO CONTINUE LIVING LIKE NOTHING HAPPEND ? TO PRETEND IT DON'T HURT ME ?"
And then he finaaly broke and sat on the floor, holding his head in his hands.
Sarah grab his shoulder to force him look at her.
"No. I don't want you to pretend that. I just want you to realise that there's still thing to live for."
"Like ?"
"Friends. People. The Wasteland"
He got up.
"I'll try to rememder this. Thanks"
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A month later
"Hello Lyons. Is Sarah here ?"
"yes. In the barracks
"Thanks."
Ashton walked to the dormitory, asking Fawkes to stay outside of the room.
"Sarah?"
She was reading a pre-war book who (miraculously) had all this pages still on.
"Ashton ?" She looked at him "How are you ?"
"Just wanted to say...en Thanks. Thanks for having listened to me during my rant and giving me hope."
"Oh. That " she tried to not sound flattered "It's nothing. After all you've been through you had earned the right to rant a little. But..."
She got up, went face to face with him
"...you DON'T ever think of killing yourself again or i'll break every bone of your body to make sure you don't."
Obeïng a suddent impulse, he hugged her then, after a few seconds, steep backward awkwardly...
"Ewww... Sorry. i think i've crossed a line here"
"Not enough"
Sarah pulled him close and kissed him