Rose of Sharon Cassidies love and nightmare and her path to a new beginning.

Chapter 1

Authors note i don't out fallout or any characters associated with it. In this story Cass has recently turned 37 and its a few years after the second battle of hoover dam.

Cass slowly woke up and smiled. It seemed these days she always slept well. She rolled over in her bed to see her husband Dranius the courier of legend and the Hero of Hoover Dam. She thought of how lucky she was to have such a great and wonderful man. She kissed his lips and cuddled up to him and closed her eyes again. Though she was soon roused from the bed by a babies cry. She gently got up so as not to wake Dranius. Upon reaching their daughter anabel she picked her up and fed her and burped her. She had been born a few months ago. She had her mothers looks and her red hair but she had her fathers brown eyes and nose. When she was born Cass had never been happier. It was amazing that she finally had a child after soo long. She hadn't had sex with anyone after she met the courier. Which surprised her because she never wanted to fall in love. Sex was just something casual she liked to do like drinking. She thought she couldn't have children because she never got pregnant no matter how many men she had been with. Then she met him and it all changed.

She didnt know what it was about him but when she saw him walk into the mojave outpost bar that day but it was something that made her notice in him as he was the only one even remotely interesting that walked in. She remembered how he introduced himself and how kind he was even when she practically bit his head off when he asked her if she was ok. She decided to travel with him and they had gone off to her find her caravan and she never looked back. She knew everything there was to know about him that he could remember as did he know all about her. She wouldn't have admitted it then but when he touched her he set her heart on fire. Often times when she was with him many a man tried to flirt with her or get in her pants. She didnt even take notice of them. She remebered shooting one guy in the nuts because he would'nt leave her alone. Other men just annoyed her now. She for some reason had eyes only for Dranius. The things they went through together and how he was there for her when she needed him and risked much to keep her alive. How much he cared for other people and kept her butt out of trouble. As much as that was possible anyway. She was alot to handle that was for sure. As they traveled she grew closer and closer to him and soon fell in love. Though when she finally admitted it to him it wound up being 1 minute before Caeser attacked the damn. She remembered when the words that he loved her too came out of his mouth. She was happy but then an explosion and he had gone with his power armor and upgraded heavy minigun. She had followed him though he had told her to stay put. That battle was a massacre on both sides too many dead for her to count even though the legion was pushed off the dam. She remebered the fight between her love and the monstrous legate lanius. The blades clashing and the smack of blade against armor. She screamed when lanius smashed his sword into the couriers power armor. Then she heard it. The sound of the couriers speacial issue Great Khan hunting revolver going off. Blood and brains spewed from under the legates helmet as the bullet went thorugh the helmets eyehole. She ran to Dranius to see if he was alright. Though hurting and large slashes and punctures on his armor. He stood and greeted her. He had taken off his helmet and though he was covered in blood she jumped onto him anyway and kissed him with everything she had. He had kissed her back and it was then she knew in her soul that heloved her as much as she loved him. After the commendations and boring speeches and the little story she wove about being with an NCR soldier when she was actually with Dranius to throw people off the trail of their newly formed relationship, she had even included the empty whiskey bottle with the soldier she had knocked out in Dranius's room she and Dranius had went to rest in the lucky 38. They married about 2 years after the battle and she surprisingly had decided to wait to make their first time together special. She didnt like to wait but she did and she refused the many offers of sex from other men. Like i said after she met Dranius she didnt give another man a second look. She smiled at that and was glad she waited and never strayed. She looked back again and remembered when he proposed, the wedding and the night Anable was conceived.

(Flashback)- Dranius had asked Cass to marry him in front of all their friends and travelling companions that they had met. She was ecstatic and though thought about it for a minute to make sure that she really wanted this before she said yes. When she said yes. All were happy for the couple though leftover legionarie assassins tried to kill them both, Dranius quickly killed them and then kissed his fiance. She knew he'd do anything for her though she rarely took advantage of that fact. They had spent about a month preparing and since neither had any family lilly and veronica helped with the wedding details and plans. Dranius had travelled all the way back to California to find a priest to marry them. When he returned the wedding happened a few days later.

She was nervous on that day for once in her life she was nervous. With the help of Veronica her brotherhood of steel friend she put on that beautiful white dress. She looked in the mirror and heard Lilly who is a half crazed nightkin say oh my goodness you look so pretty in that. Grandmas little munchkin is going to love that on you. Cass laughed at Lilly calling Dranius her little munchkin so did Veronica. She knew it kinda annoyed him to be called a munchkin and she brought it up alot just to see the look on his face. She looked at herself in the mirror again and sighed. She wanted a drink badly but she wanted to remember today. Lilly and Veronica had noticed and tried to soothe her nerves. Cass wished her mother was there to see this day. It almost made her tear up to know that she wasn't. There was a Knock on the door and Raul their ghoul friend in his vaquero outfit poked his head in and said they're ready for you. She almost fainted when he said that but Lilly and Veronica kept her stable. Slowly she got up and with her veil on headed out of the dressing room and to the alter.

Lilly walked her down the isle since Lilly had become like a grandmother to her. The king and his band of misfits were busy running around taking pictures and the king himself playing the piano that had somehow survived the war. Cass was outside the door trying to keep her heart in check so she wouldnt have a heart attack right now. She got herself somewhat under control and slowly entered the church hall. She saw the courier looking back at her with wide eyes and she knew what he was thinking but she would like to hear him say it. Beside him were his best men Doc Mitchell, Raul, Boone, Jessie, papa khan, Arcade, Rex and the nutty coffee mug obsessed little securitron Muggy. Cass's bridal party consisted of her maid of honor Veronica, Mellissa, Sarah Weintraub, Boones new wife Viki, and surpriseingly enough beatrix. As Cass reached the pulpit Dranius said that she was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. Which made her smile because he had seen alot of women in his travels. After the reading of vows which nearly put Cass into happy tears. He put the ring on her finger as she did to his and they kissed to seal the marriage. It was the second happiest day of her life. After the wedding they went on a honeymoon to the Zion which the courier had cleared out of raiders and mutant plants and alot of the more dangerous creatures. She remembered their first night there. They had flown there via remnant vertibird and she loved the scenery and admired the beautiful land and water. That night after exploring and dinner they went to bed. It was their first time together and she took full advantage of it. They made the most of every second of it that night and every day and night since. It was two months later that she found out she was pregnant. The look on Dranius's face after he recovered from passing out at the news was priceless. She couldn't help but giggle at him and rubbed her still flat stomach. (flashback end.)

Cass sighed and looked back down at their baby smiling as little Anabel slept in her arms. She felt a presence behind her and arms around her waist. She looked back at Dranius and he kissed her. He gently took the baby from cass and kissed the baby on the nose. Cass smiled as she watched the interaction in which anabel giggled in her sleep. Dranius gently lay her back in her crib and turned to his wife. He picked her up and twirled her around in a circle as she squeled happily in his arms. He knew how she loved it when he did that. She may be a very tough woman but she acted quite girly sometimes. She knew how much he loved her and he would never stray from her. She laughed a little to herself when she almost broke his hand squeezing it soo hard giving birth to Anabel. She could shoot him with her shotgun and he would still love her. As she looked at him and kissed him again she went to fix Breakfast for them. She loved deathclaw omelettes as did Dranius. As she put some clothes on she looked back at how her life was going soo right. She prayed to god it would stay that way. She tought about their future as she cracked the eggs and thought what life for her Dranius and Anabel had in store.

First chapter might be cheesy or overly romantic but i like it. Next Chapter will be up in awhile. Reviews welcome.