(Story Extract)

Thick white flakes fell outside the hotel room window, myself letting off a sigh and watching the glass fog up from my breath. Stupid weather, I’ve got enough on my mind right now that I don’t need to deal with being homesick, too. Being worried about Static is bad enough… the whirring of power armor behind me caught my attention, Crash Dive trotting over to rest on the small window seat with me. “Still thinking about him?”

“D’you have to ask? Of course I am. It’s just… I know these feelings aren’t new, but I still don’t know what I’d do if anything happened to him, if I was the only one who went back home for whatever reason. I just… I just don’t know.” Dropping my chin against the sleeve of my jacket, my eyes fell to the bits of frost at the window’s frame, watching quetly as my breaths caused the cold glass to fog up every so often. Brain, I know we have a bit of a love/hate relationship here, but you really don’t need to make me think these thoughts, you know… oh, you mean it’s my heart doing this? Well… hmh… “We’re in this together, been that way from the start. I want to finish this together, too.”

“Did you let him know that’s how you feel yet, like I said you should?” Crash Dive adjusted herself slightly on the cushions, her power armor whirring as she did, head tilting lightly to one side. I returned a weak expression, a small, guilty smile flickering on my muzzle, eyes looking up to meet those of the mare sitting beside me. She let off a light sigh, giving her head a shake and wearing a smile. “Can’t even follow suggestions, don’t know how I ever thought you were part of the Enclave. You should do it soon as he wakes up and we see him, before we leave tomorrow. Don’t want to regret things you didn’t get the chance to say.”