So a clandestine spy and a former FBI agent walk into a bar and...whoops, wrong index card. At any rate, navigating the growing complexities of friendship amid a high-stakes operation can be rough. Especially if one of them is a pathological liar with a wealth of emotional baggage and the other is experiencing metaphorical freezer burn in an unfamiliar world. (Deacon x F!SS)

(Alternate Universe. Canon Divergence) Part One: The Railroad is on its last legs. Deacon puts his chips on a walking pre-war relic, and hopes she will be the ticket to get inside the Institute. Part Two: Nora brings a breath of fresh air to the isolated society. But not everyone tolerates her outsider view. Can she change the Institute, one scientist at a time?