[color=f7941d]CELESTE BROWN[/color] - Adam's place/Salem -- night

"Don't worry about me. I got this monkey suit to keep me warm." He said in an amused tone, waving his hands up and down over the sweater vest and dress shirt. 

Celeste giggled.  "Silly -- a monkey isn't a real thing," she teased, playfully touching a finger to his cheek. 

He opened the door and exhaled a little faint breath in the night air, a faint cloud of mist as he exhaled into the night air. He put his arm through Celeste's after he shut the door and they slowly strolled from the beach to the streets on the way to the retirement home. His duster felt heavy, but comforting, and certainly kept any of the chill in the air away from her.  Celeste took a breath, inhaling the salty, cool air, and the smell of Adam's skin from his coat.  A thrill coursed through her body.

He then spoke up to her, "So, you said 'Niagara Falls? I heard about that. Somewhere up yonder Canada ways, right? How's a maple leaf float so far south on the wind like that? You must have quite a story on getting here. What was life up there like?"

Celeste drew herself closer to Adam, holding his arm just a little tighter.  "Well, I suppose it's pretty similar to life anywhere, if I think about the stories I used to hear all the time.  My parents had a diner and trading stand, so we met pretty much everyone who came through.  I grew up listening to all the things people went through as they travelled through the wasteland, the people, and tribes they met."  She sighed, wistfully.  "It made me think I had to see the world for myself, you know?  To stake out on my own and find my own place.  It sounded just so...wonderful."

"I saved up my caps and paid a caravan to let me join them from Niagara to Diamond City, but even halfway to Salem, I just...well..."  She trailed off, feeling embarrassed.  "Oh, Adam, you're such a seasoned traveller, I just know you'll think the next part is just silly, but, I...I couldn't take it.  All those stories, all those amazing places that are out there, no one really told me about the violence, and how loud a gun is, or how much blood a feral hound can really spill."  She shuddered.  "It was just too much, for me.  I...well, I just couldn't stomach it."  Celeste drooped.  "You must think me pathetic, huh?"

They drew up to the double doors of the inn.  "The caravan stopped here for some lunch, yesterday, and I decided to stay.  I suppose that the water being nearby was just comforting, or familiar, and I ditched the caravan right then and there.  I told myself that this place was where I could really make a name for myself, but truthfully, I didn't care about Diamond City, anymore."  She looked up to Adam's face and smiled.  "Well, maybe you and I can visit there sometime, together, hmm?  If you'd like.  Her eyes danced as she craned her neck up once more, in anticipation of a final goodnight kiss.