{"sf1_id":1496280,"sf2_id":"P1E3XMwm","title":"Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow (Chapter 2)","author":"STRONG","words":6,"posted_at":"2019-10-03T04:40:06.000Z","tags":["AU","Anthro","Fallout","Greentext","Human","M/F","Nightstalker","Snekdog","Snuggles","cozy"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1496280-love-me-as-though-there-were-no-tomorrow-chapter-2","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/P1E3XMwm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/24/35/243534e2-56c1-4e0d-a518-032ffc4bff3a","description":"Chapter 2: Follow  \n  \n\\\u003eYou awake to an unpleasant weight on your thighs   \n\\\u003eGod dammit, everything below your knees feel like white noise because of it  \n\\\u003eYou look down as see Gracie laying on the cot using you as a pillow  \n\\\u003eUnceremoniously, you push her off causing a yelp of surprise  \n\\\u003eYou start massaging your calves trying to return blood flow to them as she looks at you rubbing her head tenderly  \n\\\u003e\"What was that for!? I was comfortable!\"  \n\\\u003eHer eyes focus on you rubbing your legs  \n\\\u003e\"What's wrong Anon?\"  \n\\\u003eYou scowl and continues trying to return the feeling to your legs  \n\\\u003e\"You cut off the blood flow to my legs and now they're numb, also I'm not your pillow\"  \n\\\u003eShe looks at you with her odd colored eyes  \n\\\u003e\"Oh... you were just so warm and your legs looked comfy\"  \n\\\u003eYou frown and kick each leg out bit by bit, regaining control and feeling in them  \n\\\u003eAlthough a nap is all you wanted you feel like you slept much longer than a few hours  \n\\\u003eA quick check of your pip Boy showed it was 3 am  \n\\\u003ePerfect  \n\\\u003e\"Well Gracie it's been fun, See ya later\"  \n\\\u003eYou weren't going to see her later, but it felt better than just saying \"bye don't die\"  \n\\\u003eA quick check through your things showed you that you were ready  \n\\\u003eGracie stares at you as you stand  \n\\\u003e\"You...uh.. you don't have to leave Anon! I can share the cave with you! It's safer in here\"  \n\\\u003eYou smile a bit and nod  \n\\\u003e\"Thanks for the offer, but I can't just hide away in a cave while the world is out there, I've already hid before and I'm done with it\"  \n\\\u003eYou turn and walk out of the chamber and down the ramp to the entrance of the cave  \n\\\u003eNo need for long goodbyes, no need to drag out the inevitable  \n\\\u003eAs you pass through the mouth of the cave, you breath in the dry Mojave air  \n\\\u003eWhen it's night time it's not too hot out at least  \n\\\u003eYour boots stir up dust as you walk swiftly through the desert, checking your pip boy occasionally to make sure you were going in the right direction  \n\\\u003eWest of the abandoned ranch, North of New Nipton  \n\\\u003eThere are supposedly caves around here full of coyotes and and non-anthro night stalkers  \n\\\u003eNot what you were hunting today, or any day really; no point in kicking a hornet nest  \n\\\u003eAs you skirt the craggy outcroppings of tall, you spot the place you were heading  \n\\\u003eJack Rabbit Springs, the info from Mojave outpost was true to its words  \n\\\u003eBrownish steam was the tell-tale sign of where it was  \n\\\u003eYou stop and kneel down, scrolling through your pip boy inventory  \n\\\u003eRad-x, definitely don't want to get radiation poisoning  \n\\\u003eA sound behind you causes you whip around pointing the ratslayer in the direction of the noise  \n\\\u003eA soft thud is heard and a bit of dust is kicked up from a falling body  \n\\\u003eBut you hadn't shot yet  \n\\\u003eYou wave aside some of the dust and spot the perpetrator  \n\\\u003eGracie  \n\\\u003eShe must have followed you  \n\\\u003eYou sigh and lower the rifle  \n\\\u003e\"Gracie what are you doing here?! Go back to your cave\"  \n\\\u003eA moment passes before she opens an eye at you  \n\\\u003eAgain with this bullshit  \n\\\u003e\"Get up!\" you snap, causing her to squeak in surprise and scramble to her feet  \n\\\u003e\"Uh Hi Anon! fancy meeting you here!\" she says rubbing a hand over her scaled head while avoiding eye contact  \n\\\u003eYou frown  \n\\\u003e\"Gracie what are you doing here?\"  \n\\\u003eShe looks up at you  \n\\\u003e\"I uh, I don't want to hide anymore, like you said there is a whole world to see\"  \n\\\u003e\"And what does that have to do with me?\" You say turning from her  \n\\\u003eYou scan the hills for anything that might have heard you  \n\\\u003eNothing so far, which is good  \n\\\u003e\"You're the only person I know that hasn't tried to kill me, so I uhm, I followed you. Is that ok?\"  \n\\\u003eYou rub your face, traveling alone had its drawbacks, and she hadn't tried to kill you  \n\\\u003e\"Fine, but-\"  \n\\\u003eYour words are cut short by monsterous yelling  \n\\\u003e\"GAAAH WHERE'S THAT NOISE COMING FROM!!?\"  \n\\\u003eFrom over the nearest hill comes a Green super mutant and several Centaurs  \n\\\u003eUgh those things gave you the creeps  \n\\\u003eA flash of fire zooms overhead, telling you the mutant had an incinerator  \n\\\u003eBut he can't see you in the pitch dark of the night, the fact he's firing wildly tells you that much  \n\\\u003eAgain you hear the soft thump of a body hitting the sand  \n\\\u003eYou look back to Gracie and see She's playing dead again  \n\\\u003e\"God dammit Gracie now is NOT the time for that!” you say sidestepping and aiming down your scope  \n\\\u003eThe ratslayer is your only silenced weapon, and silenced weapons aren't quite your thing  \n\\\u003eBut it had a night vision scope letting you see the mutants face  \n\\\u003eAnd letting you see the bullet hole you put between his eyes  \n\\\u003eAs the mutant falls, his incinerator goes off one more time, lighting one of the centaurs on fire  \n\\\u003ethe screeching sound it makes as it burns will haunt your nightmares  \n\\\u003eYou stash the rat slayer and draw out your Light machine gun  \n\\\u003eNo need for the night vision anymore, the burning centaur showed you right where the other ones are  \n\\\u003eControlled bursts of gunfire, bright flashes from the muzzle of your gun  \n\\\u003eThe smell of gunpowder and burning flash  \n\\\u003eThis is what you lived for  \n\\\u003eThey fall quickly, without their super mutant master to guide them, they can only meander slowly towards you  \n\\\u003eBlood runs in small streams down the hill, and you stand with a smile on your face  \n\\\u003eWell that's a good payday, hopefully you get paid enough to compensate the bullets you fired  \n\\\u003eYou hear Gracie stirring as you walk to the super mutant   \n\\\u003eHow the pip boy's devil magic works, you don't know, but it lets you carry so many guns and gear  \n\\\u003eYou disappear your LMG and draw out a machete and hack off the mutants hands  \n\\\u003e\"Gracie get up we're going\"  \n\\\u003eGracie sits up and looks at you as you pick up the incinerator and place it into your inventory  \n\\\u003e\"Ew why are you talking the hand? you're not gonna eat it are you\"  \n\\\u003eThe thought makes you shudder a bit  \n\\\u003e\"Need proof its dead , they won't trust me just at my words\"  \n\\\u003eShe gags a bit as you toss the hand to her  \n\\\u003e\"EW EW EW! GROSS!\"  \n\\\u003eYou look her up and down more intently this time  \n\\\u003eWide hips, very wide hips, and small breasts  \n\\\u003eGod damn this snakedog brings a whole new meaning to \"child bearing hips\"  \n\\\u003eBut she is still just wearing rags  \n\\\u003eHm maybe you have something  \n\\\u003eAs she wipes mutant blood off herself you scroll through your pip boy  \n\\\u003eA Merc Cruiser outfit is the only clothes you have, Plus a Vexillarius helmet to hide her scales  \n\\\u003eIf people think she's just a wolf anthro there shouldn't be much of an issue  \n\\\u003e\"Here put these on, hurry up we got places to go\" you say tossing the cloths to her  \n\\\u003eShe fumbles the clothes a bit and drops the helmet all together  \n\\\u003e\"Wha? Why?\"  \n\\\u003eYou motion to her  \n\\\u003e\"You're practically naked and that helmet should hide that you're a night stalker\"  \n\\\u003eShe sniffs the coyote head and makes a disgusted face  \n\\\u003e\"Smells like someone died in this\"  \n\\\u003eYou smile as she pulls it on  \n\\\u003e\"Someone did die in it, come on, we're heading to New Nipton\"  \n\\\u003eYou start walking quickly and hear her stumble a bit to catch up with you  \n\\\u003e\"New Nipton? What happened to old nipton?\"  \n\\\u003eyou frown thinking about it  \n\\\u003eNews from it had even reached you on Nellis  \n\\\u003eThe Legion came and crucified the whole town, holding a lottery of who would live and who would die  \n\\\u003eNow the town was run by ex-fiends, ex-vipers and ex-legionaries  \n\\\u003eAfter that courier showed up out of nowhere and murdered Caesar most legionaries joined raider gangs  \n\\\u003eSome stayed where they were and formed mini slave camps  \n\\\u003eCottonwood Cove is- was one of those  \n\\\u003eAs soon as you got your Gobi Campaign scout rifle, you took them all out  \n\\\u003eSlavers were worse than super mutants  \n\\\u003e\"Hurry up! I want to get to new nipton before the sun rises\"  \n\\\u003e\"Why what's the rush Anon?\" she says as she catches up with your quick pace  \n\\\u003eAs you walk you check your pip-boy and stop  \n\\\u003eDrawing out ratslayer, you hand it to her  \n\\\u003e\"Look down that way, and you'll see why we need to hurry\"  \n\\\u003eYou point in the direction and she moves the scope back and forth a few times trying to get it to focus  \n\\\u003e\"I see just a lot of sand\"  \n\\\u003eYou grab the barrel of the gun and slowly move it, using the pip-boy as a compass to the threat  \n\\\u003e\"I don't see an-\"  \n\\\u003eShe gasps loudly  \n\\\u003e\"What are THOSE!?\"  \n\\\u003eYou pull the rifle away from her and look down the scope  \n\\\u003eRadscorpions; dozens of them, some small, some bigger than a deathclaw  \n\\\u003e\"Those are radscorpions, they must smell the blood from the centaurs and want a free meal, and if they see us, we're on the menu\"  \n\\\u003eYou start walking again,  \n\\\u003eAfter 40 minutes of walking you see the outskirts of the town  \n\\\u003eThe sun rises in front of you as you walk quickly  \n\\\u003eA quick resupply in town then back to camp Mccarran  \n\\\u003eYou check the time  \n\\\u003e7 am, you had made good time  \n\\\u003eAs you walk through the town, you can almost feel the uneasiness  \n\\\u003eA Human wearing blood stained leather armor with a bomber jacket, and what to them looks like a wolf anthro wearing a legion helmet  \n\\\u003eNot a pretty sight for these guys and gals, you probably look like the grim reaper  \n\\\u003eA sign on one of the buildings reads \"general store\"  \n\\\u003eYou push the door open and head inside only to have a double barrel shotgun in your face  \n\\\u003e\"What's your business here outsider?!\"  \n\\\u003eThe man holding the shotgun is trembling as he eyes you  \n\\\u003eHe looks over to Gracie, eyes wide as he looks at her helmet  \n\\\u003eJust the chance you need  \n\\\u003eYou grab the shotgun and pull it out of his hands  \n\\\u003e\"Rude, I was just here to resupply before leaving\"  \n\\\u003ePopping open the shotgun you pull out the shells and hand him the unloaded gun  \n\\\u003e\"Uh, yes of course, sorry. I'm afraid we don't have anything here, the NCR folks from Mojave outpost bought all our goods\"  \n\\\u003eYou frown at that  \n\\\u003eWell there goes that plan  \n\\\u003e\"Anywhere we can stay for a bit and cook up some food then?\"  \n\\\u003eHe shakes his head  \n\\\u003e\"Sorry stranger, people around here aren't too keen to let outsiders in. There's a cave behind city hall with a door and a lock on it, if you can get into that you can stay there safely\"  \n\\\u003eYou hear Gracie groan behind you  \n\\\u003e\"Ugh another cave\"  \n\\\u003eYou sigh and leave, pulling Gracie behind you  \n\\\u003e\"I know another cave isn't the ideal situation but if it has a lock it’s somewhere we can rest up for a while and eat\"  \n\\\u003eShe grabs your arm as she looks around  \n\\\u003e\"Anon this place is scary, why did we come here anyway?\"  \n\\\u003eYou had to agree it was a bit scary with all the stares you were getting, this place had seen better days  \n\\\u003e\"I had hoped to get a few stimpaks and some bullets before heading to the strip\"  \n\\\u003eAs you leave town you head directly behind city hall  \n\\\u003eChecking your pip-boy , the location of the cave is highlighted on your screen  \n\\\u003eAbout a mile from town, and hidden in a rocky outcropping  \n\\\u003eYou walk with Gracie still latched onto you,  \n\\\u003eAt least she didn't play dead in town  \n\\\u003eThe door to the cave is hidden well enough  \n\\\u003eLucky you had learned a fair bit of lock picking from your limited time in freeside  \n\\\u003e\"Watch my back\"  \n\\\u003eYou kneel in front of the door and pull a bobby pin out of your pocket, jamming it in the lock and twist it around looking for the sweet spot  \n\\\u003eAfter a minute of 2 and a few curses thrown at the lock you're able to open the door  \n\\\u003eInside is a a small cache, lanterns and a radiation suit  \n\\\u003eNo bed or anything but you can make due with your bedroll  \n\\\u003eIn the cache there are just a few cans of cram, and some sunset sarsaparilla  \n\\\u003eEh not a perfect meal but food is food  \n\\\u003eYou recall hearing about a herd of wild bighorners north of Novac, maybe you should hunt some  \n\\\u003eOpening a can of cram you hand it to Gracie and open one for yourself  \n\\\u003eYou dig in, eating with a hunting knife while Gracie just uses her long tongue to scoop out chucks on the meat paste  \n\\\u003eWhile you had slept a fair bit earlier, you were tired, walking about 15 miles and killing a mutant takes a lot out of you  \n\\\u003eClicking through your pip-boy you find your bed roll in your inventory and magic it up  \n\\\u003eGracie watches you as you unroll it near one of the rock walls  \n\\\u003eLucky you had a pillow  \n\\\u003eYou sit on the bed roll and lean back against the stonewall , your back and head supported by your pillow  \n\\\u003e\"You're going to sleep sitting? That's weird\" Gracie says crawling over to you  \n\\\u003eYou stifle back a yawn  \n\\\u003e\"Yea, it's just how I am\"  \n\\\u003eThe last thing you do is pull out your LMG and set it next to you  \n\\\u003e\"And you sleep with your gun? I'm not gonna interrupt anything am i?\" Gracie says in a teasing voice  \n\\\u003eYou grunt in annoyance as you charge it  \n\\\u003e\"If anyone or anything decides it wants in, I would rather have it ready\"  \n\\\u003eYou motion to the door that's directly across from you, your back against the wall so you can face it directly  \n\\\u003e\"Oh..Yea, that makes sense\"  \n\\\u003eGracie scooches a bit closer, eyeing the long unused part of the bedroll  \n\\\u003e\"Ca-can I use the bedroll too Anon? and use your legs as a pillow again? I promise not to make your legs go numb\"  \n\\\u003eYou sigh  \n\\\u003e\"Yea fine, just roll up your shirt or something as cushioning\"  \n\\\u003eShe slips her jacket off and folds in up placing it on your lap before laying her head down  \n\\\u003e\"Goodnight Anon\"  \n\\\u003eYou put a hand on your LMG and the other on Gracie's side  \n\\\u003eMaybe having someone to talk to wasn't so bad  \n\\\u003eYou should give her a gun too  \n\\\u003eBut that's a thought for another time  \n\\\u003e\"Goodnight Gracie\"  \n\\\u003eYou can already hear her hissing snores as you drift off to sleep","content":"Follow Boomer and Gracie the snekdog!","series":{"name":"Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1495455-love-me-as-though-there-were-no-tomorrow-chapter-1.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1499219-love-me-as-though-there-were-no-tomorrow-chapter-3.json"}}