Random Little Details About Chris:

random little details about chris:

he loves fixing things and, in all verses, is a wiz with technology and general manual labor (think plumbing, carpentry, etc.).

his favorite possession is the bits and pieces of a record player that he fully intends to make usable some day. bringing him parts or records for it will make you his best friend instantaneously.

loves all animals, but is particularly fond of cats.

can be dense at times, despite having a high emotional intelligence. sarcasm sometimes goes over his head, and he might not always realize when someone is being mean to him.

finds children/babies adorable but also lives in abject horror about how small and breakable they seem

he is a big ol' romantic and a huge sucker for pre-war dating culture, like giving flowers and going on dates

loves to read and will read anything. random instruction manuals included

yes, he is a grown man. yes, he will hit you with Puppy Dog Eyes, regardless

a weirdly good pickpocket, but he will only do it if prompted and for good reason

@bldrdsh said: ❛  i didn't think you'd care so much.  ❜ from jamie @ james

❝ well, you know what they say about assumptions. ❞

he quirks a brow, expression guarded as he assesses jamie. maybe he doesn't totally blame him for thinking the worst. he can't say the wasteland brings out the best in him.

❝ danse and i might not be best buddies. ❞ an understatement. everything to do with the brotherhood makes his skin crawl. ❝ but i don't want the guy dead, for christ's sake. both of you are welcome here. anytime. for any reason. i just hope he checks all the brotherhood bullshit at the door. ❞

crossing his arms, his mouth twists into an uncertain frown. ❝ selling your soul to folks like that ... it doesn't end well. ever. ❞

Vulnerable Meme

For those moments when you have your guard down. “My muse” refers to replier. Send…

🎶  to catch my muse singing to themselves

🎼  to catch my muse dancing

☹️  to catch my muse having a mental breakdown/panic attack

😪  to catch my muse up late because they couldn’t sleep

🍸  to catch my muse drinking alone

🚬  to catch my muse taking a smoke break

☠️  to catch my muse after getting injured

🎉  to catch my muse alone outside during a party

✏️  to catch my muse doodling

👁️  to catch my muse looking at themselves in the mirror

🎲 for random/dealer’s choice

@radiaking said: ❛  you didn't hear a word of what i just said, did you?  ❜ - for eden?

she checks a fake watch — leftover habit from years of keeping a pip-boy on her arm. ❝ sure didn't, partner, ❞ she says, giving her wrist a tap with her pointer finger. ❝ i'm off the clock. no one's paying me to listen to anybody. ❞

she takes him in fully, then, blue eyes narrowing.

❝ if you're here about the cowboy ghoul job ... that got filled ages ago. little too niche for two of you, don'tcha think? ❞

thinking about the time i picked off a decent chunk of the brotherhood with a sniper rifle while doing a james playthrough, so i told myself i was just sticking to his canon skillset, when the reality is that i'm very bad at videogames and kept getting murdered on sight any other way

her brow furrows, frustration etching itself into the faint lines of her forehead. it smooths as quickly as it appears, and catherine slumps in her seat.

❝ it used to be much easier, ❞ she says, letting out a humorless laugh. ❝ i had james and project purity, then eliana. i knew where i was needed. ❞ now, her baby is grown, her husband dead and the purifier up and running, all without her interference. ❝ but now, i'm not a wife, or a mother, or even a scientist. ❞

she thinks of madison, tries for the millionth time to reconcile her with the little girl she once knew and the ambitious woman she last recalls, prior to these last few months in the institute.

❝ i hope you won't be too hard on madison, ❞ she adds quietly. ❝ she was lonely, and, well, no one knew her like me, i suppose. ❞ in another life, it might make her chuckle, to think of the stoic dr. li foregoing all rationale to recreate her best friend. ❝ we grew up together, her and i. goodness, i don't know that we were ever apart until -- ❞

she catches herself reminiscing and flashes jamie an apologetic smile.

❝ it sounded as if you and eliana have known each other for some time, too. are you from the capital wasteland? ❞

It's hard for him to deny that this was all feeling INCREDIBLY familiar, especially considering the fact that beyond the simple fact that he had already lived through experience, this had more than a little rippling impact on everyone involved. Her very presence had sent Eliana into a practically catatonic state the moment the came face to face.

HE LISTENS, something he is typically much more sparing with, but as per the special request, he was treating this as what it was. A special edge case in an otherwise largely clear experiment of how to bounce back from the apocalypse.

"It...you, you're complicated for her. Though she never told me much, the information I did gather is something that would take a NORMAL circumstance years to untangle. I want to be clear, you are of no fault in this, and despite how she might act and how...EXTREME her reaction was, she is unlikely to hold any of this against you."

He clears his throat, trying to figure out how to navigate this fully. It's a hard situation to understand, especially considering the fact that she didn't have ANY CHOICE. One could be forgiven for thinking she was right to feel overwhelmed.

"That's different, Dr. Li's mind is brilliant, and despite her flaws I have always respected her for her pragmatism when it came to science. And while she had a lapse in judgment, you're not to blame for that."

BEFORE HE CAN CONTINUE, her response comes. Purpose. It's ironic to him that PURPOSE is what she seeks answers on, when in truth even he couldn't answer that for her. He pauses once again, hands folding before him before he exhales quietly.

"...I'm afraid I can't answer that for you."