The sun shone on their faces as they approached the Red Rocket truckstop, Elaine still silent like the grave. A woman wearing a red coat and a paperboy cap ran out to greet them, but Elaine just walked past her without saying a word, the woman looked over at Shaun with a look of surprise and caution plastered over her pleasant to look at face, this must be Piper Wright he thought to himself. Elaine went to the back office of the truck stop, a heart was painted on the wall and above it someone had written "Valentine Detective Agency Northern Office". Nick Valentine sat by the desk, a cigarette between his lips as he filed some paperwork for a previous case. He met Elaine's gaze as she closed the door behind her, he had become a bit of a psychiatrist for her during these hard times and he could tell by her empty eyes that this would be a long talk.
The day went by as Piper and the handsome man that arrived with Elaine sat next to the makeshift stove "enjoying" some deathclaw steak as Piper was interrogating the poor man, she had already come to the conclusions that the man was most likely a man of science since he spoke of the world with a certain clarity and clinical sarcasm and furthermore that he might be from a vault since he seemed to view the world with a disgusted curiosity. She had asked for his name and relationship to Elaine and he had either deflected the question or simply answered "It's complicated". These deflections and failures to answer satisfactorily stopped when the man asked Piper what her relationship to Elaine was, Piper was at a loss of words as her face quickly turned to a bright shade of pink. "I...I mean.. We are just friends" she had struggled to get the words out and tried to sound as convincing as she possibly could, but the man had seen right through her lie and gave a half hearted smile and looked down on the ground before he asked, "So Miss Wright what do you think of this world? Is it worth saving?" The question came as a shock to Piper, like lightning on a clear day. "The world might be a bit rough, but if we stand together and help each other then we will make this world a better place" She answered the with confidence and sureness as she looked at the man. "Why do you ask? Do you think it's not worth saving?" The man sighed heavily and said solemnly that he was not sure that it was worth saving but maybe it was if there were more people like Piper and Elaine. As the sun set beneath the horizon Piper showed the man to the sleeping area of the sleeping quarters which consisted of a small room with two beds and a bathroom with working plumbing. The man sighed softly as he started to undress, his toned body and sweaty body gleamed in the moonlight. Piper studied every inch of his slowly revealed body and a low gasp escaped her lips. The man either ignored her gasp or did not hear it, he undressed completely and laid down on his back as he looked out through the window at the moon, the moon stared back at him, like a huge white eye judging every line on his face, inspecting him. The moon's vision was obstructed by the silhouette of the alluring woman, her naked form was bare to the moon as it enjoyed her soft curves. Shaun looked in awe at the woman that stood before him, the moon's illuminating gaze shone upon her smooth frame. Shaun couldn't help himself as he fixated his gaze on her mammaries. She smiled when she noticed him staring at her unclothed body. "Taking in the view?" her voice had an air of playfulness to it and all he could do was to let his eyes take in every inch of her illuminated body. She bit her lower lips as she laid down next to him "Maybe you should take a closer look? Maybe feel a bit too" They embraced slowly as their lips met, the dark world melted away as they lost themselves in passion. Neon burning up above as the moon rose and fell as night turned to day and the lovers still held each others. Piper smiled as she woke up, her hands roaming over his sculpted body as her soft fingers made their way up to his face gently caressing his beard. And she thought to herself that maybe she had found something in this stranger just like she found in Elaine, she found something she could love. As her mind wandered off into sweet fantasies she barely noticed the large hands gripping and kneading her rear and her heart skipped a beat when she heard his smooth and deep voice. "Good morning Mrs. Wright, slept well?" She didn't have time to answer before her voice was stopped by his lips. They enjoyed each other's company for a few more hours that felt like hours before the erotic smells in the room were replaced by cigarette smoke.