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1. Rec 7

   What Happens In Vegas by vaultkniqht

   Fandoms: Fallout (TV 2024)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   04 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Lucy MacLean/Maximus
   • Lucy MacLean
   • Maximus (Fallout TV)
   • Mr. House (Fallout)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post Fallout Season 2 Finale
   • Lucky 38 Casino (Fallout)
   • New Vegas
   • House Ragebaiting Lucy And Max
   • Also Mentions Cooper Howard In A Gay Way
   • POV Third Person
   • Maximus POV
   • Which Results In Maximus Not Knowing What's Going On For The Majority Of The Fic
   • But it's fun!

   Summary

   “Well, hello there!”
   “Fuck–” Max muttered, startled.
   He turned to look at the source of the voice - the huge screen that earlier said SIGNAL LOST, was now presenting in front of them the image of a glowing, green head of a man.

   OR

   Picks up right after Season 2 finale, where Lucy and Maximus come face to face with none other than Robert House.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,144

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   14

   Kudos:

   78

   Bookmarks:

   7

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   05 Feb 2026

2. Rec 33

   This Is Normal by Braindepository

   Fandoms: Fallout (TV 2024)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   04 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Norm MacLean
   • Bud Askins | Brain-on-a-Roomba
   • gays in the wasteland
   • Bud drank all of the Kool-Aid
   • he roombas
   • everyone loves Cooper Howard’s big dumb teeth
   • Trauma bonding with a brain in a jar
   • Talk to your robofrenemy about your sexuality today
   • Writing Bud Askins like the Michael Scott of Vault-Tec
   • It’s AU now but wasn’t it always?

   Summary

   Trapped in a Vault with a bunch of human popsicles and a Robobrain, Norm goes for a speech check. It’s surprisingly effective.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   10,008

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

   30

   Kudos:

   164

   Bookmarks:

   33

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   05 Feb 2026

3. Public Bookmark 1

   The Winner Takes It All by merkurial

   Fandoms: Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   05 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Heinrix van Calox/Achilleas Scalander
   • rt/heinrix implied
   • Achilleas Scalander
   • Heinrix van Calox
   • The Rogue Trader | Lord Captain (Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader Video Game)
   • Character Study
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • i suspect rt is not the first person heinrix has been stringing along lol
   • Bitter Exes
   • Inquisition Yaoi
   • Mild Sexual Content
   • Introspection
   • internalized ableism

   Summary

   Theodora is dead; Heinrix is back on Dargonus. Achilleas reckons with the past—and the future.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,331

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   4

   Kudos:

   10

   Bookmarks:

   1

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   26 Jan 2026

4. Rec 5

   Steel your heart by silverspring77

   Fandom Warhammer 40.000, Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader (Video Game)

   • General Audiences, Teen And Up Audiences, Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen
   • Series in Progress

   01 Jan 2026

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Heinrix van Calox/Original Female Rogue Trader Character(s)
   • Heinrix van Calox/The Rogue Trader | Lord Captain (Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader Video Game)
   • Xavier Calcazar & Heinrix van Calox
   • The Rogue Trader & The Rogue Trader's Retinue - Relationship
   • Heinrix van Calox & various other women in his life
   • Heinrix van Calox
   • Original Female Rogue Trader Character(s) (Warhammer 40.000)
   • The Rogue Trader | Lord Captain (Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader Video Game)
   • Cassia Orsellio
   • Sister Argenta (Warhammer 40.000)
   • Various other retinue
   • Original Rogue Trader Character(s) (Warhammer 40.000)
   • The Rogue Trader | Lord Captain's Retinue (Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader)
   • Emelina Iona Lichtenhart
   • Tanakia (Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader Video Game)
   • Xavier Calcazar
   • Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader Ensemble
   • Directly post game
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Figuring out the future together
   • POV Heinrix van Calox
   • Master of Whispers Heinrix van Calox
   • (but with a twist!)
   • gratuitous chess metaphors
   • Augustine is the RT I introduced in 'Steel Your Heart' but this should make sense without having read it
   • Ecclesiarch RT
   • is really all you need to know
   • Character Study
   • Relationship Study
   • gratuitous literary references
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Dogmatic Path (Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader)
   • but like. the nicest possible version of dogmatic
   • she's extremely pious but she also does a lot of Kindness and Mercy
   • Closeness not devil
   • are these crpg character studies becoming a bit of a habit for me? maybe ;)
   • this one has a happy ending!
   • Religious Discussion
   • Angst
   • Kindness
   • Meeting of the minds but you're both different levels of brainwashed
   • Trying to find the moments of human faith in the imperial cult oh my goodness
   • Dialogue Heavy
   • Rotating POV
   • Don't let the dogmatic label scare you away she's actually nicer than my iconoclast
   • Shares a universe with the other pieces in the series but works as standalone
   • Disaster dinner date
   • Inspired by Poetry
   • RT is an Ecclesiarch
   • Heinrix is doing his best
   • Vignettes
   • Repressed Heinrix van Calox
   • Learning to have preferences and want things again
   • Gratuitous TH White references
   • Falling in love but In Denial about it
   • Void Shadows DLC (Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader)
   • Dual POV
   • Mutual Pining
   • (Not sure if it's subtext or text but it's definitely There)
   • Not sure it rises to the standard of the 'graphic violence' tag but fair warning:
   • Visceral description of blood
   • Biomancy torture scene
   • Heinrix van Calox Has a Bad Time
   • (I have been WAITING to use that tag)
   • Commorragh (Warhammer 40.000)
   • Canon-typical levels of both Drukari and Imperium unpleasantness
   • Augustine's mostly not here but her presence is Felt
   • Works as standalone or in context of the series
   • Gratuitous double meanings and dramatic irony
   • (I get why drug movies are a thing. you can have a lot of fun when your characters aren't lucid)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • The warp being horrifying
   • Post-Chapter 3: Commorragh (Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader)
   • And the RT has a creepy time
   • Series of Vignettes
   • How this particular RT relates to her retinue
   • Heinrix gets ONE vignette but it's really mushy I promise
   • No Marazhai bc he dies in this playthrough
   • No DLC companions (yet)
   • Just the OGs
   • Heinrix's load-bearing relationships with women
   • 5+1 Things
   • Vignette
   • Xavier Calcazar being a bastard
   • but in a relatively understated way
   • Introspection
   • Cognitive Dissonance
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Assessing Heinrix's baggage
   • black ship
   • Regicide
   • The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known
   • Character of Faith
   • Heinrix is a good boyfriend
   • Battle of Eufrates II
   • Because it never really gets acknowledged that if your RT doesn't have any military experience Calcazar just
   • puts them in charge of this massive planetary assault anyway
   • Takes place during the book event section
   • The inherant violence of being a Dogmatic RT
   • even with some iconoclast leanings
   • oh boy
   • Heinrix van Calox Has Catholic Guilt
   • and maybe a death wish? unclear
   • Heinrix slowly unravels
   • The run-up to the freeze scene
   • Stream of Consciousness
   • (Ish) - Freeform
   • So much angst
   • Hand Kisses
   • and the intricacies thereof
   • Pining Heinrix van Calox
   • Get loved nerd
   • The Mercatum Tabulae Officialae quest
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Making your own fun in beurocracy hell
   • Reflecting on the Commorragh sex
   • lots of introspection
   • Gratuitious meditation on Imperial Saints
   • (I mean. it's Commorragh)
   • Stands alone but will work marginally better in the context of 'Steel your heart' (1st work in series)
   • Shore Leave
   • Gratuitous landscape depictions
   • 'wonders of nature'
   • repost
   • Fluff
   • Torture
   • Not sure it rises quite to the level of 'graphic descriptions of violence' but this is very much a fic about torture
   • Biomancy
   • Heinrix's questionable coping mechanisms
   • a little bit of smut
   • honeymoon phase
   • (such as it is)
   • that's it that's the fic
   • I realized I hadn't written much of Heinrix pining in Act 2 and honestly shame on me

   Summary

   Further works involving my icono-dogmatic Rogue Trader, Augustine von Valancius, and her relationship with Heinrix. A smattering of styles, subjects, and perspectives, including a bunch of experiments with form. Can be read in any order, though I recommend starting with "Steel your heart."

   Words:

   43,568

   Works:

   21

   Bookmarks:

   5

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   24 Jan 2026

5. Rec 16

   Two Planks by Buckhunter

   Fandoms: Fallout (TV 2024)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   02 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Cooper Howard | The Ghoul & Lucy MacLean
   • Cooper Howard | The Ghoul
   • Lucy MacLean
   • CX404 | Dogmeat (Fallout TV)
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Developing Relationship
   • Episode: s02e03 The Profligate (Fallout TV)
   • Spoilers
   • CX404 | Dogmeat is a Good Girl (Fallout TV)
   • Profanity
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Medical Procedures
   • Blood and Injury
   • Self-Mutilation
   • Self-Harm
   • as used in healing a wound
   • Ship of Theseus
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Cooper Howard | The Ghoul Has Feelings
   • Cooper Howard | The Ghoul Needs a Hug
   • Lucy MacLean Needs a Hug
   • Identity Reveal
   • Self-Disillusionment

   Summary

   [SEASON 2 EPISODE 3 SPOILERS]
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   Even with Lucy at his side, his leg keeps threatening to buckle, to take them both down. At some point, he’d nearly collapsed, and she’d coaxed him into using each other for support as they pushed on. Neither of them is well alert, much less ready for a fight, but Dogmeat’s keeping her eyes peeled, falling behind and trailing ahead as she deems necessary, guiding them down safer paths when she smells danger. The Legion is far behind them, now.

   They haven’t said much since he dragged the girl from the camp, but her thank you still echoes in his ears.
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   Lucy and the Ghoul make camp for the night after escaping from the Legion.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,231

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   15

   Kudos:

   143

   Bookmarks:

   16

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   763

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   03 Jan 2026