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"I... I don't know boss... what are you gonna tell him?" Gage rubbed the back of his neck, nervously.
"I'll tell him who you are."
"And about the whole overboss and the raiders, taking down settlements, killing people and all that?"
Sole survivor took a deep breath, it wasn't like Gage to be like this. "And then I'll tell him how much you mean to me" he smiled.
"Fine alright, I'll go, you fuck." Gage agreed.
"Hey dad, who's this?" Shaun walked over from his tinker station, "I'm making you something from that typewriter you got me" he cheerfully said, Gage tried to look calm and ready, and not threatening at all.
"Shaun, remember when I told you about Nuka World?"
The boy nodded, "yeah with all your new friends"
Gage felt his stomach twist, 'friends', fuck...
"Well this is one of them--" he gestured to Gage, who finally looked at the boy "hey".
"Hello" Shaun waved, "this is Gage, he's my boyfriend"
Shaun blinked a few times, he looked confused and slightly upset, Gage felt the anxiety rise.
"But... does that mean you're over mom?"
The second-in-command raider exhaled, 'oh thank god, wait what?' Gage looked at the sole survivor in a similar way as Shaun.
He took his son's hand in his own, got on his knees to match the height, "I'll never stop loving her--" he started, Gage wouldn't lie... that stung.
"And I'll never forget her..." sole survivor smiled and held tighter, "but this is who I care about now, and I know your mother would've been glad that I found someone"
Shaun nodded, as if taking in all the information, "does that mean..."
Gage swore, if that kid asked him if he's gonna be his new mom....
"Do you love him?" Shaun smiled, Sole survivor was taken aback and clenched his jaw.
They hadn't really talked about this, both were crazy about eachother but neither had really said the big 'L' word...
He wanted to leave, he didn't want to hear what was said, he didn't want it to ruin it.
"Sometimes people can like eachother without love-"
Gage stepped back, he didn't really... he didn't have any hope... but that...
"But I do love him, and I hope you will accept him" Sole survivor smiled, Shaun nodded excitedly.
"Come here--" the overboss pulled both his son and boyfriend into a hug, Shaun hugged his other dad tightly, and Gage felt... something he didn't know he could.