"War... War never changes..." Dick said in the mirror. He kept practicing his speech in the mirror to help him sound more confident but it wasn't working. He tried to look serious and soldier-like but the face staring back at him only looked like a cute girl trying to glare at someone and was doing a terrible job at it.
"You're gonna knock them dead at the Veteran's Hall tonight, hun," Dick's wife, Nora, said stepping behind him.
"You think so?" Dick asked in a pleading tone.
"Definitely, now get ready and stop hogging the mirror." Dick smiled at Nora. He really couldn't believe his luck in regards to her. Nora was an amazing woman, kind, supportive, funny, and beautiful. She was every man's dream girl and it baffled him that she would settle with someone like him.
Dick wasn't a man, not in looks or in attitude and spirit. Dick's face and body were that of a pin-up girl. Lithe body, large ass, long Blonde hair and a cute feminine face. If it wasn't for that fact that he had a penis between his legs he'd be a bottom-heavy woman. He wasn't brave like a man should be, he was frail and cowardly, and his days as a "soldier" was a joke. The other soldier's bullied him for his feminine frame and would often **** him to wear a dress and behave like a wife for all of them. It got worse when his fellow soldiers got drunk and **** him and then they continued forcing him to be more "thorough" as a wife. He wasn't a soldier, he was a bicycle for the real soldiers, and what was worse was that he tolerated that treatment. His C.O. found out what was happening but instead of court-martialing everyone involved, he offered to let Dick avoid active duty if he kept servicing the troops. And he accepted the offer because he knew if he went active then he'd get killed... or worse.
He had no idea how or why he was chosen to give the speech at the Veteran's Hall. Most likely one of his old army "buddies" found out he was coming and suggested that he should give the speech as some sort of joke. He wanted to refuse but Nora found out about it before he could refuse. She thought it would be wonderful for him to give a speech, she had no idea what his tour of duty actually entailed. Dick didn't want to disappoint her or make her suspicious about his lack of enthusiasm, so he just went through with it.
Dick decided he had practiced enough. It didn't matter if the speech was good or not. that night was going to be a disaster no matter what he did. Stepping aside so Nora can use the mirror, Dick left the bathroom and went into the living room. Codsworth their robot butler was there, with a coffee pot in his one robot claw-hand. Dick took the coffee and thanked Codsworth for his excellent service before sitting down and watching the morning news. Nora joined him, now ready for the day, but as she sat down someone rang the doorbell.
"Can you get that?" Nora asked. "It's probably that salesman, he keeps stopping by to talk to you." Dick wasn't sure what salesman wanted to talk to him but he got up anyway and answered the door.
"Good morning, miss!" the salesman greeted. "Is Dick Goodwin here by any chance?"
"Yes, that would be me." The salesman's eyes widened as he took in Dick's feminine frame and then looked at his clipboard, which probably has some papers with his information on it.
"I-I'm so sorry, miss-MISTER! I..."
"It's fine," Dick cuts him off. "Happens all the time." At least this guy didn't slap his ass, grind him, or outright try and **** him.
"I-I see... Again I'm really sorry for the mix-up... *Clears throat*. Anyway, I'm here to tell you that, thanks to your service to our country, your family has been accepted into the local Vault; Vault 111!"
"So if the worse were to happen then my family would be safe?" Dick asked. "My entire family, right?"
"Yes, there is enough room for you, your wife, and your child. Minus you're robot butler, of course. Now I just need you to verify a few things and you and you're family will be all set in case of... total atomic annihilation..." He said that last part as if it were a plague that was just around the corner, which in this day and age was not an inaccurate analogy. So Dick was happy to finalize any paperwork needed to protect Nora and their son, Shaun. Once he was done, the salesman thanked Dick for his time and left.
"Hey, it's peace of mind," Nora said after Dick took a breath.
"I know, better safe than sorry."
"Mr. Dick..." Codsworth said as he glided into the living room. "Shaun was crying and I did everything I could think of to calm him down but sadly everything was unsuccessful. He may need some of your; "parental care"."
"I'm on it," Dick replied heading towards Shaun's room. Once inside he looked down at the crying child. He tickled his belly and then spun the mobile, Shaun stopped crying and began cooing and giggling. At some point, Nora walked in behind him and wrapped her arms around Dick as they both looked over their child. Dick still had trouble believing that Shaun was his son. Not because he suspected Nora was cheating on him; not that it would surprise him if she was; but because he didn't think he was... capable of sireing anyone. His tour of service made him think that his reproductive system was confused and decided to lean towards the feminine side of reproduction. Yet one-day Nora says she's pregnant, not long after a daring night where they had sex in a nearby park. As impossible as he thought it was, Shaun was born between the union between him and Nora. Despite the rough patches Dick has to deal with, if he could come home to his family every night, then he'd be happy.
"Sir!" Codsworth's voice called from the living room. "Mum! You should come and see this!"
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