Experiment

Adele and Martin; Fallout: New Vegas roleplay characters. The impulsive casino singer and the jumpy Enclave scientist. This is a scene that had to wind up as a picture eventually.

Only Martin is mine. Adele belongs to TheNewHeadmistress. [link]

I didn't really do the idea justice, but damn do they look cute together.

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Adele was very curious about this man, why in the hell was he so nervous? She eyed him as she slid off of her bar stool and stood beside him. He was a hard one for her to read and he looked confused as well.

I wonder... she was thinking. She glanced around the room seeing if anyone was looking, then she threw her arms around him and gave him a hug.

Midway through the answer, Martin's voice shifted abruptly from a reasonably casual tone into something sprung from abject terror as Adele wrapped her arms around him. His limbs locked completely rigid from shock, he stared helplessly around the room until she finally let go.

What was he so worried about, anyway? She was just a singer. And they were in a crowded room. For crying out loud, she was wearing a dress. Not the most likely of people to actually attack someone. She was probably only being friendly. Or something. But damn it, he didn't like sudden unannounced physical contact. It usually turned out badly. For him, at least.