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1. Salt and Vinegar by distractedrighter

   Fandoms: Fallout 3, Fallout (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Butch DeLoria/Female Lone Wanderer
   • Butch DeLoria/Lone Wanderer
   • Butch DeLoria
   • Female Lone Wanderer
   • Lone Wanderer (Fallout)
   • James (Fallout)
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Eventual smut so rating will change
   • Explicit Language
   • Descriptions of Corpses
   • Threats of Violence/Bodily Harm
   • Tags will be updated as chapters are published
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Canon Rewrite
   • mostly canon compliant though
   • No Beta 'Cause We Die Like James
   • Angst
   • Lots of it
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • there's more hurt than comfort tbh
   • but the comfort IS there. so.
   • Slow Burn
   • Threats of Rape/Non-Con
   • Dubious Consent

   Summary

   Felicity escapes Vault 101 in pursuit of her father, and her childhood bully follows suit. A reimagining of Fallout 3, but if Butch was by the Lone Wanderer's side the entire time. Rating will change.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   36,263

   Chapters:

   10/30

   Comments:

   79

   Kudos:

   100

   Bookmarks:

   18

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