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Chapter 3 Fanfic - “Union” - Sequel to “Darlin’” Posted — Updates Here

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Hello everyone, it has been quite some time!

I’m happy to announce that after 7 months of planning, outlining, and writing, I’ve finally posted Chapter 1 of the sequel to my fanfic “Darlin.”

This fic follows the events of Sim Settlements 2: Chapter 3. I’ve posted it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56226961/chapters/142840627

I’ll post updates and teasers here. Please feel free to read, comment, and share. I definitely enjoyed interacting with the community with my last fic :)
 
All’s fair in love and...

War threatens the Commonwealth, and it threatens everything the Chief and Jake worked so hard for. Carmen, Sole Survivor of Vault 111, knows that war never changes. What she hadn’t accounted for was how war would change her.

This story is the anticipated sequel to “Darlin’” and follows the events of Sim Settlements 2: Chapter 3. As Carmen struggles to become the leader that will ensure the Commonwealth’s survival, Jake struggles to make sense of their relationship. In this brutal affair of guerrilla tactics and subterfuge, where does he fit in, and why does it feel like his darlin’ ain’t so darling anymore? Can Aiden let go of the future he invested in, or will his stubbornness prove to be their undoing? And when the war is done, who will be left standing to piece together the scattered remains of the Commonwealth? Does victory mean peace?

Can that peace last?

Watch as an engineer learns he can’t fix everything, a vigilante learns there are things in life sweeter than revenge, and a trophy wife becomes exactly what the Commonwealth made her.

More hot mess. More train-wreck. More screaming through your computer screens.

Strap in, it’s gonna be a long one.
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Chapter 2: Flickering Lights is up!
Jake, Aiden, and Codsworth stood outside the entrance to the newly uncovered wing of HQ. What lay beyond it was anyone’s guess—everyone they’d sent in hadn’t made it back, and they’d lost all radio contact.

This is exactly the sort of thing they’d call the Chief for. Aiden knew her abilities, her combat style—knew how to work with her without a word between them. If Carmen was here, they’d already be in and out by now—staff rescued, building secured.

But Carmen wasn’t here right now, a fact that Jake made sure Aiden was painfully aware of.

“I ain’t your first choice, and you ain’t mine neither. But I’m the best you got.”
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A DOUBLE CHAPTER DAY?
Chapter 3: Duncan is up!
She peeked out the front of the wagon to see MacCready waving the all-clear to the bridge. But, when they reached him, he held out a hand to stop them.

“We might have a problem.”

“What is it?” the driver asked.

“No one’s here.”

“What do you mean?”

“Exactly that. I scoped out the town from here. Middle of the day—there’s no one.”

“Raiders?” One of the guards asked.

MacCready shook his head. “No damage, no smoke. Just empty. Like a ghost town.”
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Chapter 4: Crash is up!

The Gunners are at their door, and the Chief is nowhere in sight. A vertibird crash threatens catastrophe, and when the smoke clears, the future is even more uncertain.
He saw her, head lulled to the side, under the vertibird, like she was sleeping. The fire crept dangerously close. Jake didn’t think. He crawled inside the wreckage.

“Jake!” Cedric called after him.

But he kept going. A nick here, a cut there—it didn’t matter. Not seeing her like that. He made it to the other side of the wreck, where she was pinned to the ground. That fire had to go. It burned hot on his face—made it hard to breathe. With careful maneuvering, he managed to rotate, get his feet down. He stomped out the flame—buying them time.

So little time.

He crouched beside her. Was she—?

He couldn’t think it, but he had to check.

“Darlin?”

Finger to her neck. It was rough and warm with dried blood. She didn’t answer. She didn’t move. He waited.

…

…

Please.
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Chapter 5: Pressure is up!

Carmen wakes up and everything is wrong.

Intracranial pressure.

When swelling of the brain presses too hard against the skull.

They’d had to relieve it. When Carmen sat up and felt the breeze on her head, her stomach sank as she realized exactly how. No…
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Union - Chapter 5 - veelynnlove - Fallout 4 [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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Chapter 6: The Road to Diamond City is… is up!

Carmen grapples with her new reality.

“We’re…nowhere near Diamond City… Still hours out,” Carmen said.

“I know you just woke up,” Jake said. “You doing okay? Not too much trouble on the road, right?”

Was she doing okay? Was she doing okay? Cassandra had removed the staples then off she went. She’d needed Jake’s help just to fucking shower. Was she doing okay?

“Fine,” Carmen said.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56226961/chapters/150572362
 
Chapter 13: Glatton is up!

As Carmen courts the NLTC for an alliance, someone courts her. Why does it all feel so familiar?

“Ah, Ms. Sheppard, I thought you’d headed off.”

She’d already said goodbye earlier…then Allison had pulled her on her way out. With her signature charming smile, she sauntered towards the desk.

“Thought about it, then thought better,” Carmen said. “A partnership like this doesn’t happen everyday. We ought to celebrate.”

She placed the bottle of wine and two glasses on his desk. Mr. Glatton condensed the papers around it to a single pile. It conveniently made room for her. The desk creaked as she leaned on the side of it towards Glatton.

Glatton mirrored her, leaning on his desk, closer to her. “A bit early to celebrate. As memory serves, you haven’t signed on yet.”

Her eyes sharpened as they caught his jab. Her smile sharpened, showing more of her teeth. She looked to his eyes, then his lips, to his eyes again. The desk held her weight easily as she sat on it and leaned closer still.

“A formality, Mr. Glatton. An important one, but still, a formality. We’ve worked together already, why not celebrate those first steps? The first bricks of Rome, as it were.”

She poured his glass and handed it to him. His fingers brushed her hand. A stolen touch. Perfect.

She looked up at him with half-lidded eyes. “Besides, I’d like the company.”

“Well.” Glatton took his glass slowly, never dropping his gaze from her. “I suppose a good foundation is worth celebrating. Very well. Close the door, would you?”
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Read it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56226961/chapters/170535451
 
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