(based off this post)

(ft. Nora)

Preston:

He watched though narrowed eyes as Nora strolled into Sanctuary with a new companion, some lanky guy in military garb. He didn't like the look of him, he liked even less how closely he was walking beside his significant other. Sturges looked over at Preston in time to see his hands tighten around the laser musket that he had drawn for no clear reason, "Preston, hey, what's the matter?" He didn't answer, he didn't even hear him. "Do you know him?" Preston asked, making Sturges jump. He stood up and peered through the holes in the wall at Nora and her new friend. "Can't say he looks familiar, actually." Preston huffed and left his weapon leaning against the wall and walked out to meet Nora.

He adjusted his hat and slowed his pace, he didn't want her to think he was jealous in any way, but it was burning through him. The guy saw him before she did and made a confused face as Preston swooped his arm around her lower back and planted a kiss right on her lips. Nora giggled as he pulled away, "I was about to come looking for you," Preston felt his chest soften when he saw her face lit up to see him, but then he remembered why he had surprised her in the first place. "Who's your friend here?" Preston tried his best not to glare at the lanky man in front of him but felt like he couldn't really help it. "This is Robert MacCready. Found him in Goodneighbor, he's decided to join us." Preston felt his lip twitch and took a deep breath as he clenched onto the back of her shirt. "Good to meet you, MacCready." There was a handshake, but Preston didn't want to know this man, he wanted him to leave.

Curie:

She had been traveling with Nora far a few days now, which was more than usual, but she was really enjoying herself. Any opportunity she could get to be at her back and help her was a good time. They made their way to Diamond City and Curie just figured it was to load up on supplies. As they went through the city, passing the market place, she grew suspicious. They popped inside a shack and Curie was appalled. There was a detective who was clearly a synth, he greeted her with a hug and they talked for some time. Her face heated up and her cheeks swelled.

"Nick, this is Curie, she's-" Nick beamed, "ah, quite the charmer huh? I didn't realize you had such a cute little number running around with you." Curie felt insulted, even if it was a compliment. She didn't need some imposter telling Nora how he felt about them. "I'm ready to leave now" she said, seizing Nora's hand almost violently. Nora raised a brow and looked between Curie and Nick, she wasn't just done talking with him, and she just stood there. Suddenly Curie pulled on her hand, and began leaving, practically dragging Nora behind her. Before she left the building, she turned to Nick and stuck out her tongue, he only laughed as the door shut behind them.

MacCready:

He woke up to hear Nora talking to someone at the door. It was probably around noon and he was squinting at how bright it was. "Hey babe?" he called out but whoever she was talking to had her involved in quite the conversation and she didn't answer him. He sighed and looked around the room for pants and got half way dressed before heading out to the main room where he heard voices coming from. There was a man at the door and he recognized him immediately as Mayor Hancock, except he wasn't the mayor of this place. He stumbled out into the much brighter area, not opening his eyes more than he needed in order to not trip over Dogmeat.

"What are you doing here, John?" Hancock looked past Nora and smirked at MacCready. "We were just talking about hitting the road, seeing as you're only just now getting up." There was a painfully awkward silence between all three of them, Nora sidestepped and put her back against the doorway so that they could all see each other. MacCready shook his head, hugged Nora and dragged her away from the doorway, and shut the door in Hancock's face. She sighed and smiled and he kissed her on the neck, "let's just stay here today, huh?"

Piper:

She watched from the stoop of Publick Occurrences as Nora sat elbow to elbow with a cute redhead at Power Noodles. Her nails dug into the wooden frame and paint flecks fell off. Nat watched Piper was she sipped a Nuka Cherry, her eyebrows raised and a slight smirk bubbled onto her face. "Somebody's jealous" she whispered in a sing-song way. Piper turned to Nat and glared at with already thinned patience. "Not right now, Nat, I'm… investigating." Nat chucked and went inside, still humming her taunt at her sister. Piper huffed and pulled gave her hat a good tug before strutting up to the counter next to Nora.

"Funny, Blue, I didn't know you were back in town." Her anger consumed her and her scowl didn't let up as Nora faced her with a big smile. Nora cupped Piper's face and gave her a soft kiss, forcing Piper to drop her rigid stance and melt. "This is Cait, we've been traveling together for some time now." Piper flashed a very fake smile to Cait who was no less thrilled to see Piper, she actually looked quite grim to see that Nora and Piper were an item. This dismay gave Piper a rush, and she leaned forward to shake Cait's hand and as she did, she bumped the carton of water and it splashed onto Cait before pouring into her lap. Cait stood up in a mad rush and tried sweeping the liquid from her outfit. "Oh, shoot, I'm sorry about that, better go clean up." Cait shot her a violent look before storming off and Piper took Nora's arm, giving it a small squeeze. "Next time you come back, come see me first, you jerk." Nora smiled and rubbed her nose against Piper's.

Cait:

As soon as Nora clicked the heels of her boots on the patio Cait surprised her with a strong hug. They both laughed as they lost their balance and fell to the ground. Cait sat behind her, cradling her between her legs, and nuzzled her neck. "I'm glad you're back, it's been days!" Nora nodded and sighed, "I missed you too, Cait. We're heading out again soon though, just passing through for a supply run." Cait nibbled on Nora's shoulder through the thin fabric that covered her. "Or you could stay here and say fuck all to the Brotherhood. They can do missions without you, they don't need you like I do." Nora grinned and leaned into Cait, massaging her legs but suddenly tensed up and cleared her throat. Cait looked up and saw the ridiculous looking soldier approaching them. Cait felt Nora try to get up, but she only tightened her grip around her. "Cait. Nora, let's be off." Danse stood over the two of them and Cait hated that Nora was struggling to get up and follow him around.

"Go on your own, you're a strong guy, leave her here." Nora giggled at Cait's boldness, she was sure no one else would talk to Danse like that. "We don't exactly have an abundance of time here." Cait held out her arm and flipped him off, wrapping her legs around Nora as a human cage. "Fuck off, you tin can, she stays here." Nora was red in the face from embarrassment but also she was trying not to laugh. He was not amused, however, and took the laser pistol from his hip. Cait was floored at this point but held her ground and was about to verbally destroy him but Nora spoke up first. "Come on now, Danse, we can afford a couple hours, don't you think?" He grimaced and lowered his weapon, holstering it, "two hours, but we'll have to be fast to make up for lost time." He stomped off and Cait kissed Nora on the cheek and unwrapped herself to stand up. She took Nora's hand and helped her up, "now let's you and I make up for lost time, eh?" Nora snickered as Cait pulled her into the house.

Danse:

Nora and Preston were talking off in the distance, he assumed it was something about the Minutemen. What a lost cause, an absolute joke; he was glad she was putting her time towards the Brotherhood of Steel instead where she could actually make a difference. But then he wondered what they had to talk about then. He was sure they had nothing to talk about. Danse was busy having an internal struggle and didn't even notice when Dogmeat started barking at him, he always barked at him, maybe it was the suit. He shooed away the dog and went back to spying. He wasn't getting anywhere not hearing what they were talking about so he moved closer.

He couldn't believe how hard it was to hear their conversation and he crept closer and closer until he was practically a few feet behind Preston. Nora watched him from her peripheral and was quite alarmed with his sudden presence. "-but you see, if we can take back the castle we'll have a better position to help the Commonwealth. This place is nice, but we're a little far from everything." Preston finally noticed Nora's continual glances past him ant turned around to see Danse standing a few steps from him, "Paladin." Danse grunted, "minuteman." They stood there in painful silence until Preston cleared his throat and left. "I thought you weren't going to waste your time with them." Nora smirked and patted him on the chest, "don't worry dear, I only spend my time willingly with you." She laughed as she walked away, swaying her hips so Danse could get a show.

Hancock:

He's busy throwing out spent containers of jet when he hears Nora coming up the stairs, accompanied with a voice he doesn't recognize. He listens in closely, it's some guy and he sounds like a complete jerk off. He smiles to himself as he strips down and works up a bunch of drool. He lets out a vicious screech and runs down the stairs at full speed. Nora just stares, completely in shock as John sprints towards her and Deacon in full nudity. Deacon panics and reaches for a gun that he didn't have equipped. He pats himself nervously and starts to freak out. Nora turns to him quick and, trying not to break into hysterics, yells "Deacon, run, I've got this!" Deacon raises a brow but doesn't have time to disagree and runs downstairs. As Hancock finally reaches her, he takes her in his arms, grabbing her by the shoulders and looks downstairs to make sure the guy isn't coming back.

"That guy wasn't bothering you, was he?" He let go of her arms and slid his hands down to her hips. She grinned and poked him in the chest, "not as much as others," she said, leaning to kiss him. When she pulled away she looked him up and down and he blushed. "Let's hope you don't go feral because it would be hard to stay far from you looking like this." His lips curled into a devilish grin and he kissed her again, "shut up."

Nick:

He's sitting at a booth waiting for Nora to come back with their drinks when he hears a disturbance at the bar. He looks over his shoulder to see some drunk trying to make moves on her and she's trying to be polite as can be to get him to stop. He sighs, knowing that she's fairly quick to anger and the situation will likely escalate. He smothered his cigarette and got out of the booth to back her up. This guy was a local that he'd seen around the city, he didn't seem like the type to get involved with trouble. "Hey, pal, I don't think she's interested, how bout you just back off."

Nick put his hand on the guy's shoulder and tried pulling him away from Nora but he shot his elbow back and hit Nick in the chin. A bouncer took over from there and threw the drunk out of the bar. Nora was shocked, she didn't think a night out would turn almost hostile. "You alright?" Nick asked as Nora walked up to him and stroked his jaw, the other hand on his chest. "I'm fine, but you didn't have to do that." His sensors lit up from her touch and he grinned as she kissed him. "Let's get back to our night, huh?" She beamed at him and they sat at the bar for the rest of their evening out.

Deacon:

He never considered himself to be the jealous type; he felt it took away from his general positive outlook on life. As he thought about this he cackled because only some of it was true. He couldn't even be honest with himself as he watched with disdain how much time Nora had been spending with Piper lately. They had been traveling a lot, going on all kinds of adventures while he just sat and helped out around Sanctuary. She was his girl, after all, and she should be spending more time with him. He was flustered as he ran over to the two of them, building a story in his head as he went.

"Hey, you're the reporter, right?" He panted and Nora watched bemused at the story he was about to unravel. Piper's ears perked and she reached for her pen, "yeah, that's me, what is it?" He was panting more than he needed to, he was dressed in his settler's disguise and finally he caught his breath. "There's something going on with the brahmin, they keep walking around in circles, some of them have even started walking on two legs. I think its aliens; you gotta go check it out!" Piper looked between him and Nora and Deacon pointed towards the small plot of land where the brahmin stayed. "I'll be back, Blue, I have to see this for myself." Nora laughed as Piper ran off, "what was that all about?" Deacon made a pouty face and teased, "love me, pay attention to me." She laughed as he leaned his weight onto her and she wrapped her arms around him, "you dork."