this idea just... came to me, very early in the morning. very early. super early. this first chap is just kinda an intro kind of thing, i'll def add everyone in the next chapter or the chapter after that idk. also... i haven't finished playing fallout 4. so, just a heads up that i don't know Everything™. i haven't even found my son yet, rip. also first person is weird? and its a lil based on yours truly, but it could be a reader-insert if u squint. i'm just posting this bc i was like... would people like a fallout 4 fic? i dunno. we'll find out, and also i haven't written/posted anything in a while, especially a long fic so wooo here we go, i hope y'all like it! also, the title is a song from the game, and the soundtrack is fire if y'all wanna listen to it. also doesnt? have? a youtuber section? so game crossover here we come

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I wake up slowly, like I would on a normal day. I barely register that I'm awake at first, then slowly become aware of my surroundings as I blink awake.

Wait, where the fuck am I?

I'm in a frozen tube apparently, judging by the temperature and how close the walls are.

My breathing gets faster as I feel my claustrophobia and fear of being buried alive kick in, and I frantically start pushing against the wall in front of me. There's a window in the middle of it, but fear clouds my mind and blocks it from registering anything that could be outside of it.

I find a button on it quickly, and I hit it- luckily, it seemed to be the button that controls the door as the solid metal in front of me lifts open.

I almost fall out of the container, my breathing returning to normal as I take in my surroundings. There are metal containers like the one I was in all round me, but they all seemed to be empty. I look down at myself- I'm wearing a skintight blue suit, with yellow on the edges. Huh.

Suddenly, it all comes flooding back- the nuclear warnings, sprinting to get to the shelter, just barely making it inside, changing into the suit, being stuck inside the metal thing-

I put a hand on the metal container, trying to deal with this new info. Well, I guess if I can't find anyone down here, it's up to me to survive.

I take a deep breath, then start to walk toward the exit of the room. Time to find my way out.

Luckily for me, I seem to be on a singular path, occasionally finding random coffee cups and the like. It's almost like I'm in a video game that wants me to leave the vault, haha.

The first skeleton I come across freaked me out, because ew, but I decided it wouldn't hurt me and I got over it. If there was one skeleton, there were sure to be more, and so I move forward, briefly wondering how they died- and how long I was in that thing if they had time to completely decompose.

Then I come across a gun and a backpack.

I grab the backpack and put it on because hey storage is nice, then look at the gun. "Well, I don't know what I'll come across," I mumble an excuse and grab it. I briefly debate carrying it in my hand or backpack, then decide on my hand because if something pops out at me, I'll be ready.

I continue on my path, occasionally picking up bobby pins or tape or anything helpful. Everything was going fine until I came across my first roach.

I freeze up as I watch the giant bug skitter across the window. "Fuckin' radiation," I mutter, trying to cope with my fear of bugs, and I keep moving. It was on the other side of the glass, it's fine.

Then I encounter another one, and it's not on the other side of a glass window.

I hear it before I see it, and I stop moving before spotting it on the wall a ways away. Well, fuck.

I can feel my heart pounding a million times a minute as I cock the gun, realizing I have 0 prior gun experience. Fuckin' none. Fuck.

It makes its gross hissing noise and I start to creep closer, keeping a close eye on it and the end of the hallway, just in case any others show up.

I can't cuss out loud because it might hear me, but I have a mantra of "fuck" going through my head as I get close enough that aiming won't be a problem.

It hasn't noticed me, so I quickly unload 3 bullets into it, not sure how many it'll take to kill it. It doesn't even have time to move before it drops dead to the ground and the 3 shots are echoing through the hallway.

I hear more skittering at the end of the corridor.

Fuck.

I back up, gun pointed shakily toward the skittering noises. Time to rely on my non-existent instincts.

I see two more roaches enter the corridor, see me, and come straight for me. I can handle two, right?

I aim my gun at the closer one, fire one shot and it's down. Okay, good, doing well. I aim at the second and shoot- fuck, okay, I missed, it's fine it's some distance from me-

That's when it leaps at my face.

I shriek and hit it hard with the gun on instinct, sending the roach flying into the wall with a gross crunch. Well, it's dead too.

In a moment of clarity, I realize that nuclear fallout probably ruined all food sources. Well… this roach is it, then.

I try not to throw up as I remove the meat from the roaches, putting it in a special pocket of nastiness in my backpack, and then I'm on my way.

I encounter a few more roaches along the way to the exit, but I don't fuck up and shoot them quickly, then collect their- ugh- meat. I also grab Stimpaks and ammo along the way- both of which should help me.

I finally make it to the entrance to the vault, feeling a weird sense of déjà vu.

It sees I have to hit a switch to get to the elevator, and so I walk over, quickly disposing of another roach. Ugh. Nasty. I reach for the switch, but it seems I need something to flip it.

I notice something on the ground then, like a- bracelet, or watch or something. Oh, it's a pipboy!

I grab it and put it on, then wipe off the dust. It stutters to life and I grin, pressing it into the button for the way to the elevator to come down.

It comes down shakily, and I jog a bit to get to the elevator- I want to know what it's like outside. I don't even know how long I was in that stupid metal box.

I breathe deep and hit the button, feeling the elevator slowly but steadily move upwards.

Here we go.

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that was a thing right there! again this is just a lil intro, i'll get into leaving and meeting People (youtubers who rnt youtubers in this fic bc there is no internet) in the next chapters and i have no clue where this is going as usual but! it'll probs be about the lil quests and stuff, and then once i actually fuckin find My Son™ (gotta meet my son) then i'll write that into here. unless there's no son in this fic. idk yet. i need guidance an adult help. if u liked this fic pUNCH that like button no im jk not now. i have a tumblr (url is my username on here) if u would like to say hello or fight me or give suggestions!