https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/For_Auld_Lang_Syne
Idk if this is a thing but it should be
I will never forget the time when I went to the fort in Freeside and just met Arcade for the first time.
Amazing how this well developed character is just chilling in a space filled with other NPCs that you can just miss if you blink since theres virtually no side quests that point you to him.
Same! I also bumped into him randomly after having been at Fort Mormon a few times. I had read his name when googling stuff and figured he was some ripped beast based on his name. Was surprised he is a wholesome twink lol.
I died so many times to deathclaws trying to get to Arcade. It was one of the first games I played with a gay character and I loved the dynamic that fallout has with only one traveling companion.