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   Paper Moon, Lead Balloon by Fancy Lads Snacks (Fancy_Lads_Snacks)

   Fandoms: Fallout 4  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Arthur Maxson/Female Sole Survivor
   • Arthur Maxson/Sole Survivor
   • Preston Garvey/Paladin Danse
   • Female Sole Survivor
   • Arthur Maxson
   • Paladin Danse
   • Preston Garvey
   • Proctor Ingram
   • Shaun
   • Father (Fallout)
   • X6-88
   • Madison Li
   • Allie Filmore
   • Justin Ayo
   • S9-23
   • Sturges (Fallout)
   • Scribe Haylen (Fallout)
   • Love/Hate
   • Marriage Proposal
   • Awkward Romance
   • Slow Burn
   • Major plot spoilers
   • Humor
   • Angst
   • UST
   • Canon Divergent
   • Sexual Content
   • Eventual Smut
   • Grief/Mourning

   Summary

   Elder Maxson makes a perfectly reasonable and strategically sound marriage proposal, and doesn't quite know what to do when it is rejected.

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   (Inspired by this stunning prompt at the Fallout kinkmeme, and the suggestion a couple of comments down about Maxson being Mr Darcy. Thank you anons for your terrible influence on me.)

   (Behold this beautiful title design by the super-talented Rue Walker!)

   (Also here is an image I made to accompany this story.)

   Series

   • Part 1 of Paper Moon, Lead Balloon

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

   39/40

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   Bookmarked by Niperin

   14 Feb 2026