So I play a lot of Fallout: New Vegas(like a lot a lot), it's one of my all time favorite games and always will be, now I know that as of making this Fallout: New Vegas is like 8 years old but honestly I always get the same vibes and excitement I did when I played the game for the first time, it has an outstanding open ended story, amazing characters, fun weapons, great dialogue, and I just love it. This will be my first fanfic while I try to get out my block and continue working on my novel(for more about that just ask me, I'd love to talk to people who might be interested in my novel).

I'm pretty sure that most people who have played Fallout: New Vegas have seen Cass's ending where she goes to surprise the Courier but he gave his room to an NCR soldier, but what if he hadn't given the room away?

In this timeline the Courier(specifically MY courier) had never given up his room to the NCR soldier with no barracks and so it'll be entirely my interpretation of what I think would've happened between Cass and the Courier. I hope you all enjoy my first fanfic and don't forget to leave feedback on what I can do to improve.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in the Fallout series, they are the property of Bethesda. This fanfic is rated M for language, violence, and adult content. And finally I have taken some liberties with dialogue, interactions, and events so that everything flows more smoothly(in my opinion, give me a break ok).

The Rose of the Mojave

The hot orange sun of the Mojave desert is slowly setting in the horizon as Cass sighed from her position on the dam. She stood there watching, with the All American that the Courier had given her in hand, from above she on one of the low lookout points she overlooked the dam. Cass looked at the setting sun like she had done on many other occasions but this time felt different as she turned her attention to a singular figure with a cyberdog sitting next to a tall armored figure who was talking to the NCR soldiers standing before him.

"Alright everyone here will be with me as push forward and engage the Legion forces. Now I know some of you are worried but we'll have fire support from all over the dam as we fend off the brunt of the Legion forces trying to push their way into the dam now go everyone get into their positions!" He shouted as a cheer rang out of the NCR troopers who started to make their way to their predetermined positions, as everyone was walking away the Courier put a hand on Boone's shoulder "Boone I want you on sniper support so head to a higher position where you have a good vantage point." The Courier said as the ex 1st Recon sniper nodded and walked away. The Courier turned to his left to see Cass watching him from her position on the dam, he smiled at her as he put on his Elite Riot Gear helmet and walked off to join Veronica, Lily, and the NCR troopers who have taken up position where they were told to go in the briefing.

Cass looked down at the Courier with a small smile on her face as she loaded her Marksman Carbine and took a sip from her bottle of whiskey for good luck as she noticed something moving off in the distance "Here they come… try not to get yourself killed." She said under her breath as the Legion forces drew ever closer to where the Courier was waiting.

The Courier could see the approaching Legion forces as he pulled out his trusty Ratslayer and with the sun setting behind him he scoped in and took careful aim at one of the Legionaries until he had the soldier's head in his crosshairs and with a steady, experienced finger he pulled the trigger and shot the Legionnaire's head clean off sending a wave of fear through the ranks of soldiers who continued marching towards the Courier.

"Open fire!" The Courier said as he chambered another round from the Ratslayer's magazine and firing again taking out another Legionnaire with a clean, well placed headshot, all around him The NCR troopers started opening fire with their Service Rifles.

Bullets started flying through the air hitting Legionnaires as they pushed forward, once close enough Lily and Veronica sprung into action charging into the fight as Lily chopped and sliced Legion forces with her Vertibird sword and Veronica with the Paladin's Toaster that the Courier had given to her. The Courier continued to dispatch enemy after enemy with the Ratslayer landing headshots with every bullet when lasers and gauss shots started flying past him and he stopped and turned to see some Brotherhood of Steel Paladins and Knights had joined him where the fighting was the heaviest and he smirked under his helmet as turned back to the fight and continued to fire at the emproaching Legion forces.

Cass took careful aim and fired hitting a Legionnaire in the head and she watched him go down and she moved to her next target, she continued to take out enemies as she and Boone tried to thin out the Legion forces when a loud explosion sounded off as Cass looked around in confusion as more explosions shook the earth. After trying to figure out where the explosions were coming from she realized that it was the Boomers artillery guns firing off their barrage, Cass turned back to to see Legion forces exploding from the artillery rounds exploding and sending them flying or turning them into chunks of meat or clouds of dust that sprayed their fellow soldiers sending more fear through the ranks.

The Courier pushed forward as he tried to establish a position further up and push the Legion forces that had managed to find footholds to fight from. He and the rest of his group pushed forward and started pushing the Legion back until the Legion was in full retreat. Seeing this he turned and looked in Cass's direction briefly before turning and heading off to the Legate's camp.

Cass saw the Legion forces starting to retreat and stopped firing as she hopped over the railing and landed gently on the ground, she had been told by the Courier that once the Legion was in retreat that she was to join him and Rex at the Legate's camp. She stood up and started making her way as quickly as she could to the encampment hoping that she wouldn't find the Courier dead by the time she got there "Don't die you asshole." She thought to herself as she jogged her way through the mess the Courier had left in his wake.

The Courier and Rex got to the Legate's camp and the Courier pulled out his customized .45 Auto Pistol and started to expertly take out the Legion forces that were at the camp, he fired with the accuracy and skill of someone who not only trained with various weapons but knew how the gun worked inside and out.

Cass finally could see the gates of the Legate's camp and saw the Courier taking out enemy after enemy, she smiled gently until she saw a Legionnaire Assassin come up behind the Courier with a knife. She knew she wouldn't be able to shoot the assassin in time as she started to run faster and started to shout out to the Courier "Watch out!" She shouted as she ran as fast as she could towards the Courier.

The Courier heard someone shout and started to turn to see Cass running towards him as the Legionnaire Assassin stuck the knife through a gap in the armor platings in the Courier's Elite Riot Gear armor, he winced and clenched his teeth as the knife stabbed into his side. Rex barked angrily as he lept and tackled the assassin to the ground as he bit into the enemy's neck killing him before hurrying back over to the Courier whimpering.

Cass finally got to the Courier who was on his knees still in pain, he grabbed the handle of the knife and pulled the blade out of his side. He cried out in pain as he did and cast the knife off to the side as he looked at the damage done, Cass kneeled down beside him with a hand over her mouth as she looked at the wound with frightened eyes "You're injured badly, if I had been here sooner I could've prevented this." She said a little scared but the Courier shook his head.

"It's not your fault Cass... I should've been paying a little more attention to my surroundings." The Courier said through clenched teeth "You mind helping me patch this up though?" He asked as Cass nodded and pulled out a doctor's bag and a stimpack. With the Courier all patched up Cass helped him up and he nodded a thank you to her as the three continued onward.

They saw a lone figure standing on a rocky bluff looking at them, Cass looked at him and then at the Courier and finally back at the figure. He stood taller than the Courier who was tall but not nearly as tall as the figure wearing metal armor, his helmet was in the image of a wild haired man, his armor glistened in the setting sunlight, and on his back was a giant, menacing looking blade that would require someone of incredible strength to lift and wield.

"It's over Lanius... Caesar is dead, the Legion is in retreat, and NCR troops are on their way! You've lost, now give up peacefully and I will ensure that you have a fair trial!" The Courier shouted up at the behemoth of a man known as Legate Lanius, The Monster of the East.

"Do you really believe that I will just surrender like that boy? I am Legate Lanius, The Monster of the East. I would rather die than surrender? Never, so long as I still breath I will continue to fight!" Lanius said as he grabbed the handle of the monstrous blade on his back and pulled it out and extended the tip out towards the Courier who drew his Ratslayer as he glared at Lanius, Rex growled and bark at Lanius as the giant of a man leapt down from the rocky bluff in front of the Courier, Rex, and Cass who had pulled out the All American. Lanius charged at the three and they all jumped aside narrowly being hit with the large swing of his blade, the Courier and Cass started opening fire at Lanius hoping to hit somewhere that wasn't armor plated as Rex rushed at Lanius and grabbed onto his sword arm. Lanius growled in annoyance as he tried to shake Rex off his arm and finally flung Rex into a nearby rock making Rex whimper loudly in pain.

"Rex!" The Courier shouted in concern as he narrowly ducked under Lanius' swinging blade.

"You fool maybe you should spend more time focusing on the fight in front of you than that insufferable cybermut!" Lanius shouted as he swung again at the Courier who dodged again.

"You bastard!" The Courier shouted as he rolled out of the way of Lanius' attack and put away the Ratslayer, the Courier reached down to his right boot and pulled out Chance's Knife before getting up and charging towards Lanius with rage and anger filling his mind.

Cass rushed over to Rex to see how badly he was hurt, Rex looked up at her and whimpered gently in pain "Shit hang in there Rex." She said as she grabbed a stimpack and injected him with it to help him heal. She discarded the empty syringe and turned to watch the fight between Lanius and the Courier.

Lanius swung downward and the Courier sidestepped out of the way of the attack and with Chance's Knife in hand he lunged forward at Lanius' side that didn't have a giant blade of destruction, but just before he could stick the knife under Lanius' armor a large armored metal fist came out nowhere and hit the Courier right in the gut making him double over as Lanius' threw another fist at the Courier sending him onto his back on the ground. The Courier tried to lift his right hand which was still clenching the knife before it dropped and he knife clattered onto the ground.

Cass looked over at where the Courier was laying in shock and fear as Lanius walked over to her and Rex.

"It's over." Lanius said as he raised his blade in the air above Cass and Rex. Cass closed her eyes and a tear escaped as she waited for the blade to come down upon her. She heard Lanius cough and the sound of something large and metal clang to the ground as she opened her eyes to see Lanius on his knees with a knife stuck into his throat, Behind him was the Courier who was gripping the knife's handle hard as he drove it as deep into Lanius' neck as he could before turning the blade and killing Lanius. The Courier pulled out the knife and sheathed it back in his right boot, he took off his helmet and took off Lanius helmet, not as a trophy but as a memory, as he looked at Cass smiling before he collapsing onto the ground beside the now dead Lanius.

Several hours passed and the Courier woke up in his bed, his head hurt and he looked around at his surroundings and then at the nightstand next to him seeing Lanius' helmet sitting on top of the nightstand and he relaxed in his bed as he closed his eyes and remembered what had happened after he killed Lanius. He sighed relieved that it was over when someone knocked on the door, he checked under his sheets to see he was wearing pants and sighed relieved "Come in it should be unlocked." The Courier said as he heard the doorknob turn and watched the door open.

Cass peeked inside of the room and saw the Courier laying in bed and sighed a little in relief as she stepped into the room "I just wanted to come check on you and see how you were feeling." Cass said as she shyly entered the room and closed the door behind her.

"Well I'm feeling much better, I feel like I can take on a Deathclaw with my bare hands." The Courier said joking as Cass giggled and walked over to the bed sitting down on the edge.

"Well as amusing as I think that would be to watch I don't think you'd last five minutes with a Deathclaw right now." She said as she looked at the Courier and smiled gently "General Oliver stopped by while you were asleep, he wanted you to know that the NCR is grateful for your help and word is that the troopers have started calling you the Saviour of the NCR." Cass said as she giggled and reached into her small pack grabbing a large bottle of whiskey and showing it to the Courier "So how about a drink?" Cass asks with a smirk on her face.

"After everything that we've been through I could use a drink." He says as Cass takes a swig from the bottle before handing it to the Courier who takes a large swig. An hour passes and the two are working on a second bottle of whiskey. Cass takes a quick swig careful not to finish what little is left and she hands it to the Courier who finishes what she left in the bottle, Cass grabs the empty bottle and puts it on the floor as she lays in the bare spot next to the Courier "Remember the day that we first met?" Cass asks as she looks up at the ceiling.

"Yeah I do, you were sulking in the Mojave Outpost Barracks bar when I came in." The Courier says chuckling as Cass sits up a little "It's been a long road, a very long road." The Courier says as he looks over at Cass who is blushing a little.

"Yeah it has." Cass says as she realizes something "Hey I just realized I don't know your real name." Cass says giggling a little at the fact she has been travelling with this strange, mysterious man for so long and never learned his real name.

"Yeah I guess you don't know my real name." The Courier chuckled as looked at Cass "I feel I owe you that much after everything we've been through."

"You owe me a lot more than just your name mister, but for now I'll settle with learning your name." She says as she gently punches his shoulder "Now cough it up."

"Alright alright…" The Courier says chuckling "My real name is Steven," He says as he scratches his head a little embarrassed.

"Steven… I like that name." Cass says as she scoots closer to Steven looking him in the eyes, her cheeks pink as she blushes "It's a nice name…" She says as her sentence trails off and she leans closer to Steven who looks into her eyes a little confused. Before he can do anything to stop her Cass presses her lips against his gently, she starts to worry that he might push her away telling her "We can't do this." or "What are you doing?" or even simply "Get out." but much to her surprise he didn't say anything and instead he put one hand gently on her cheek and the other on her hip as he began to kiss her a little more passionately. Cass smiled as she and Steven kissed more passionately, she took off her hat and put it on top of Lanius' helmet as she straddled Steven still kissing him, she pulled away from the kiss blushing a deep red as she looked down at the man in the bed, she'd had kissed plenty of guys before meeting him nut for some reason it was different with him. She was nervous and felt light headed when she saw him reach up and gently touch her cheek with his big, strong hand and she gently grabbed it and gripped it tightly as she relaxed under his touch, she opened her eyes and looked at him and nodded "I want you Steven." Cass says as she leans back in kissing him again before he can say anything.

Steven kisses Cass back just as deeply as he sits up with her still straddling him, he gently places his hands on her hips as he feels her wrap her arms around his neck. Steven starts to gently unbutton Cass's shirt until it's completely unbuttoned and he helps her take it off exposing her firm yet supple breasts. Cass smiles as she takes one of Steven's hands and places it gently on one of her breasts, Steven smirks as he gently squeezes her breast with one hand while he kisses the other gently making Cass gasp and moan uncontrollably loud and she covers her mouth in embarrassment. Steven chuckles as he continues to play with her amazing breasts getting Cass to moan more, eventually Cass stops him, her face completely flushed pink from the pleasure he gave her as she smirks slyly and starts to take off her pants which she discards on the floor before standing up and walking to the door. She locks the door and shuts the blind before returning to the man waiting for her in bed, she slides her sexy completely nude form under the sheets and straddles Steven once more as she leans back in kissing him and he kisses back.

"I'm all yours handsome." Cass whispers into Steven's ear as he has her lay down on her back while he sits up before her, he smirks slyly as he gently parts her legs, he leans down and starts kissing her neck gently before she moves his lips to hers while he slowly started to make sweet love to her. Cass's was having a hard time concentrating what with the immense pleasure she was feeling from Steven. She didn't understand why she was acting this way, she'd had sex with lots of guys before meeting Steven but not one of them had made her feel the way she felt about him "Could it be that I'm in love with him?" Cass thought to herself as she and Steven engaged in passionate love making. A few hours pass by and Cass is laying in bed, she is snuggled up against Steven who has an arm wrapped around her bare waist, a smile crosses Cass's face as she gently trails the many scars on Steven's chest before kissing his cheek and nuzzling him gently "That was the best fuck I think I've ever had." She says giggling as she feels Steven kiss her jaw gently.

"Yeah that was truly amazing Cass." Steven says as he pulls Cass closer and kisses her gently on the lips.

Cass happily returns the kiss smiling as lays her head on her lovers chest feeling his chest rising and falling with every breath "I love you Steven." Cass says a little embarrassed as she feels Steven gently lift her chin with one finger.

"I love you too Rose." Steven says as he kisses Cass gently making her blush more from him saying her real name. Eventually the two doze off into sleep holding each other tightly in a loving embrace wishing that this moment could last forever.

I had so much fun writing this and hope everyone enjoys it, I put a lot of effort and time into writing this and I'm proud of how it turned out.

If people like it then I'll continue it, I happily will write more chapter if people enjoy it.

And finally if you enjoyed it leave a comment, or if you have any tips on how to improve then please tell me cause I would love to hear everyone's thoughts.

With that being said I hope everyone enjoyed my first fanfic.

Sincerely,

EmoTherapy