Fandom The End of the World (closed)

[HoneyedHopes]

"She sounds fun," Ruby said, sitting up. She didn't know what else to say, without stepping on potential landmines. so rather than asking the most painfully obvious question, she turned to Delilah and said, "For the story, gracias. Maybe tomorrow you can tell me some more."


She no longer felt afraid of the girl. Only sad that she had to grow up in such a desolate world.

 

[Interstellar Bun]

Maybe tomorrow.


The words left Delilah smiling as she was ushered off to bed and eventually fell asleep, drifting with the belief that she'd be safe.


And she was.


Victoria was allowed to keep the first shift, something she did easily with Ezra's gun in hand. It was almost nice to sit alone. For as much as she liked Ruby and Dogmeat, for as quickly as she had warmed up to Ezra, it was good to have time to just think. This was her life now. There was no waking up from this, and maybe that wasn't so bad.


It wasn't so bad to have that feeling of freedom in her core.


She just had to figure out what to do with it.


Ezra relieved her of her shift, assuring her that he was a morning person and everything would be fine. There was something about the warmth in his words and that soft smile in his eyes that seemed so genuine. Maybe that was the sort of smile Nate had once had, the smile that made Ruby fall in love with him.


It was the smile of a good man.


Slipping back inside the dilapidated building, Victoria settled next to Ruby and, for a brief moment before she shut her eyes, decided this was exactly where she wanted to be.