#Christopher Steel

[honeyjars-sims]

3.22 Boys Club

Later that evening we arrive at the restaurant. I feel a bit awkward at first; after all, I’m having dinner with my boss. We’ve been pretty friendly lately and I wouldn’t want anyone at work to get the wrong idea. With her husband there, though, it feels less intimate.

Her husband’s name is Christopher and he seems pretty laid-back. I can see that he and Lucy are well balanced, and they have an ease with each other that leaves me longing to find the same.

Lucy’s phone buzzes and she checks her notifications. “Matt says the boys are having a blast with their cousin and not to worry about rushing back.”

“Wasn’t planning on it,” Christopher laughs. “I’ve barely even sipped on this glass of wine."

“You have kids?” I ask. “I guess I don’t know much about your personal life.”

“Yeah, 2 boys. One of my brothers is babysitting for us,” Lucy explains.

“One of your brothers? How many do you have?”

“4. I’m the only girl.”

“Get out! I have 4 sisters and I’m the only boy!” For some reason this mundane similarity excites me.

“Finally, someone who can relate to my pain! Nah, I’m kidding. My brothers are great. We all get along for the most part.”

“I’m pretty close to my sisters, I guess.” Last year I wouldn’t have tacked on that last bit, but my siblings were still a little salty about my summer of sin. “Sometimes we get on each other’s nerves, but it’s all love. How old are your kids?”

“We have 2-year-old twins. They’re pretty much inseparable.”

“Especially when they’re fighting! They’re really hard to separate then!” Christopher joked.

“I bet! You know, I have a twin. Her name is Chantal.”

“Oh, I didn’t know that! That’s so cool!” Lucy takes a sip of wine. “It was definitely unexpected, but we feel blessed. I guess I’m destined to be surrounded by boys.”

“She wouldn’t have it any other way,” Christopher tells me.

“Yeah, I’ve always been able to hold my own around the boys club. I guess I’m more comfortable with what I grew up around. Is it the same for you? I noticed most of the people you talk to at work are women.”

“Are they?” I hadn’t really thought about it, but I suppose she was right. “Hmm, I guess I am close to a lot of women, and I don’t really have any guy friends that I hang out with regularly.”

“Well, there’s nothing wrong with that. We’re not big fans of gender norms ourselves,” Christopher says. “That’s something that factors into our parenting for sure.”

“Yeah, I have 2 dads and one of them is a drag queen, so gender norms weren’t really a thing in our house either,” I explain. “I lived with my mom until I was 14, though, and that was a different story.”

As soon as I mention my mom’s house a familiar chill starts spreading up my spine. My breaths get shallow and unsteady and my heart begins to race. I know what's coming and I try my best to stave it off. I grab my water and shift my focus to the coldness of the water in my mouth and how the glass feels in my hand. Luckily, this is enough to ground me.

After a few seconds of silence, Lucy leans in and says quietly, “Well, it’s good that you had some positive influences.” I can tell from the concern on her face that she knows the topic upset me, but she doesn't pry. Still, I feel exposed. “If you want, I can invite my brother so there will be at least one other guy there.”

“Cool,” I reply, still unsettled. Lucy reaches over and silently squeezes my hand. I can imagine her doing the same to one of her sons when they're upset and it comforts me. “Thank you,” I tell her softly.

“For what?”

“I don’t know. For inviting me to dinner, and…everything, I guess.”

A woman approaches the table, smiling warmly. She’s around the same age as my parents with golden blonde hair that almost matches Lucy’s exactly, save for some silvery strands woven in. “How was everything?” she asks, placing her hands on Lucy's shoulders.

“Mama!” Lucy exclaims as the woman leans down and embraces her. “I was wondering where you’ve been, I haven’t seen you all night. Johnny, this is my mom Lucinda. Johnny is my assistant.”

“Nice to meet you, Johnny!” Lucinda tells me. “I hope you enjoyed your meal.”

“Oh, it was terrible,” I joke, grateful for an opportunity to change the tone. “Just awful! I definitely didn’t eat way too much of it and give myself indigestion.”

Lucinda laughs heartily. “Oh, you’re a little smart ass! I like you.”

I can tell she has good taste. “I’m glad someone appreciates it!”

“I do, and I want to let you know that your meal is on the house. Since it was so terrible and all,” Lucinda says, winking.

“Well, thanks! A good cook and generous, too. If you’re looking for another son, my parents would probably be glad to have someone take me off their hands.”

“I think I’m good on sons for now, but I’ll keep feeding you if you keep coming back.”

“Sounds like a plan.”

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[greenplumbboblover]

Life is Sunniest in Sunset Valley - Chapter 10

Transcript:

Morgana: “When Christopher told me to contact him again once things are into place, I… felt… heartbroken. I know you don’t like him and all… but I… knew I would never be truly happy like he hoped I would be.”

Pauline: “But why… Thornton? Why run back to a life you hated?”

Morgana: “Because… I freaked out. Yesterday, he was there. In the crowd. His eyes met mine and… I wasn’t expecting to feel the same way as I did."

[plumbobgothica]

Blair Wainwright, Boyd Wainwright, Susan Wainwright, and Christopher Steel.

Christopher is going to be a firefighter! 🫦

[gladyssite]

Christopher Steel - TS3

Christopher Steel is lucky by nature. Things have always come easily for him, which is starting to get boring. Now that he's in a brand new town with no friends or job, how will he fare?

Nanami Hair by @joshseoh

[tia-amorosa]

Sunset Died - Alto Household

Day of truth (longer Part)

It's the next morning. Vita got up early because she couldn't sleep anymore. It's probably not only her husband who is very excited about today, but also she herself. And it has become cold, very cold. Do people even want to come to an important event in weather like this? And what will they think? They still have no idea what to expect.

Despite his inner turmoil, Nick slept almost better than his wife. “Hi… Fortunately, you're not aware of too much of what's going on out there yet. I want to give you a good life. But first I have to go through my own personal hell”.

He went to the cradle and carefully took his son in his arms. Then he looked at him and smiled. “Do you think we still need this thing behind me here? I'd like to throw it out of the window in a high arc… Someone out there must have been a little cleverer than me. But I won't be taken advantage of again, I promise”.

Later. After breakfast, Nick retired to his desk for a moment. He had to mentally prepare himself for what he would like to say. But in the end, the words would come out of him very differently than he had planned. But he knew that he had someone to back him up. “we should start slowly"/ …

Nick stood up and turned to his wife. “Do you remember… For better or for worse times?”/ “Mhm. Just be the man I fell in love with"/ ‘Hm, I'm not going to get fat again that quickly’/ ”hnhn, that's not what I mean either. Confident, determined and passionate about everything you do”. he smiled a little sheepishly. ‘hn, should be manageable’.

He took his wife by the hands. Then he looked into her eyes. “You're coming with me, aren't you?”. She grinned a little “No, I was about to get back into my pyjamas and read a book. Of course I'll come with you, Holly's looking forward to spending some time with her brother”. Nick's face relaxed a little. Then he squeezed his wife's hands a little tighter. “All right, let's go then.”

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It's not quite midday when Nick and his wife arrive at the small new town hall. And there seemed to be quite a few people there already, interested in what the man who hadn't been seen for months had to say. But for the time being, they retreated inside the building “Did you see the looks? like I killed someone”/ “just concentrate on yourself and your words”. Together they waited for the people to gather in front of the town hall.

A little later. By now, many of the residents had arrived at the town hall to hear what Nick had to say. The crowd was a little upset and many questions were asked. “Please, not all at once. I know we are in a difficult situation at the moment”. After a few seconds, things quietened down a little and Nick was able to continue.

“It is a truly great tragedy that our city has fallen victim to this terrible disaster and that many people have lost their lives as a result. I know that they were all hoping for quick help, but… unfortunately we were denied that help and it's… largely my fault"/ ‘I knew something was up’ grumbled Detlef. “ssht… stay calm”.

Nick explained how these people from outside had contacted him after the disaster. Among other things, they had made sure that no information could get out, so nobody could know that there were still survivors here. They were people with a lot of influence. And he told them about the experiment.

Beau was also very upset and had to be held back a little by his wife “I knew all along that something wasn't right here. And you let yourself be manipulated like that for your money and put all our lives at risk?“/”Beau…"/ ‘You're really scum, Alto…!’. Nick apologized for the many inconveniences and mistakes he had made over the last few months.

Nick then told them about the secret deliveries he had regularly received, which he had used exclusively to supply his family. This again caused a great deal of unrest in the crowd. “That's what I thought,” Cy said quietly. “Yes, you were right, everything came by sea and we didn't notice.”

“Look, we know we were wrong not to tell you about this, but we were under enormous pressure. I decided last night to hand over all my assets”. The residents now also knew what that meant. “Wait…and who's going to help us now? Where's your food storage, eh? This is pure selfishness!"/Nick's wife joined in briefly. “We've decided to divide everything up fairly, you'll just have to be patient.”

“And how long is that supposed to last?” someone shouted again from the crowd. “Yes, exactly, how did you imagine it would last? At some point it's all used up, and then what?"/ ‘We're aware of that and that's why I'd really appreciate getting in touch with one or two of you to work on a plan’/ ‘Who wants to make plans with you here?’ someone else said sarcastically.

Time passed and Nick tried everything to calm people down. But most of them didn't give him any more attention or trust. After all, he ignored them the whole time and didn't help them. Many left the square angry and disappointed, …but not all of them.

Seeing people leave the pitch was almost like a slap in the face for Nick. But as I said, not everyone wanted to leave straight away. Jack went up to him and looked him in the face. There was despair in it, he wasn't the only one who could see that. “You haven't noticed much of what's going on out here, have you?” Nick looked at him, almost a little shocked, and shook his head. “I'm… I'm really sorry, no”. Jack glanced briefly at Cyclone, who nodded at him. “We need to talk.”

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@greenplumbboblover 🙂

poses by: @poses-by-bee , @aikea-guinea & others

[mystery-pixels]

life goes on in sunset valley

the crumplebottom-steel family goes on vacation and vj alvi has a brief stint as a sugar baby

[ice-creamforbreakfast]

At the gym, Agnes felt that she had the experience and absolute right to strike fear into train other sims. She had a lovely morning.

[annasunna]

Семья Стил 20 лет спустя.

Кристофер Стил — везучий. Всё ему удается, всё легко проходит. Даже скучно становится. Кристофер влюбился в Моргану, и , когда муж выгнал ее, с радостью принял в своем доме и сердце.

Моргана всегда мечтала о детях, однако ее муж был против. Настолько против, что впал в истерику от новости от беременности! Моргана ушла от него не задумываясь. Хорошо, что Кристофер был не против ей помочь. Ей давно нравился этот парень. Теперь у них есть еще и близнецы!

Кристофер души не чает в детях, даже в старшем неродном и странненьком пареньке.

[simnationlifebefore]

“Hello you’re watching Simcity news Live from La Dame Grise Cathedral, covering the funeral service of Gunther Goth” 

“For those of you listening in, you can watch the service on channel one at 10am” 

“Ugh. I didn’t think the broadcast would start this early”

“And Sunset Valley’s Mayor of five years, Holly Alto will attend”

“Please can we change the radio station, Grandma?”

“And it’s estimated all of Simnation will be watching”

“THERE’S A DROUGHT IN STRANGETOWN. PEOPLE ARE DYING”

“We’ll also be covering the wake and interviewing old friends of Mr Goth.

“Change the channel, love”

[clouseplayssims]

[spiderandthesims]

Of course having three small children doesn't stop them from focusing more on their careers than their family.

[honeyjars-sims]

Epilogue: Where Are They Now?

After leaving the twins' birthday party, Matt and Kaylynn rushed to the hospital. While her labor lasted longer than she would have liked, Kaylynn gave birth to a healthy baby girl without any complications.

Needless to say, Matt and Kaylynn were thrilled to finally meet their daughter. Welcome to the family, Lila Mae DiMarco!

The End...for now! I had a lot of fun telling this story and I hope you enjoyed it! If you did, the DiMarcos will be appearing in the next chapter of main story Safe Harbor. Here's what they've been up to:

The twins are walking now and keep Lucy and Christopher on their toes. The couple is still able to spend a lot of time at home with the boys and with each other. Lucy began her new position at Sunny Side Productions and has been working alongside Damien to create more content. They're beginning the process of adding more members to the team soon.

After spending a couple of months at home with baby Lila, Kaylynn began her journey as an event planner. She started off with a few small birthday parties that went successfully. Through networking, she has been able to gain more clientele while still spending lots of time at home with Lila. Matt has continued his schooling and still works as a Vet Tech. He’s intent on being the Best Dad Ever and can’t wait to have more kids. Well, he’ll probably wait until he’s at least finished with undergrad. 

Paul is still at Foxbury but moved out of the dorms and into an apartment that he shares with his BFF Danica. Their friends Wesley and Nasir live nearby. Now that he's out to his family, they're closer than ever. He and Lucy are especially close and spend a lot of time together when Paul has breaks from school. He's still single and loving it. He's keeping things casual right now, but being open about himself has made him more hopeful that there's a special someone out there for him when he's ready.

Previous | Beginning

[greenplumbboblover]

Life is sunniest in sunset valley - chapter 9

[plumbobgothica]

Christopher Steel makeover.

I almost skipped doing a makeover for Christopher because I was just like...he's too weird-looking. Do not want to deal with him.😅 (no offense to Christopher Steel lovers. I love him too, I just usually replace him with someone else's sim haha).

I think I like him now though. 😏

Thank grim for @nectar-cellar's male torsos. ��

[hancyan]

観光人力車・銀ちゃん10×15

観光人力車(tourist rickshaw)↓

Christopher Steelさんが一人で住んでます。

Clothig→Happi(venusprincessさん)

肝心の人力車がどこからDLしてきたかわからないという・・・

[tia-amorosa]

Sunset Died - Wolff/Sekemoto (long part)

Changes

Early in the morning. Morgana got up quite early. She couldn't sleep for a variety of reasons. . Her husband also noticed that something had somehow changed. "Good morning…"/ "hhh, morning…". A slightly annoyed snort came from Morgana.

Thornton knew his wife quite well, but her behavior was new to him. "Whou, can you tell me what's going on? You've been stressed for days... Is something going wrong at the hospital?"/ "The hospital stresses me out the least, Thornton. At least we can finish the X-ray room today..."/ "O.K., if it's not the hospital, what is it? Maybe because of Pauline? You were a bit grumpy yesterday after she left".

Morgana interrupted the preparation of breakfast for a moment. "hh... I really would have liked to help her, Thornton, but it wouldn't have worked"/ "what's the problem, I could have built another room upstairs, would have been totally easy..."/ "Yes, but... We need the space ourselves..."/ "We have enough"/ "but not for much longer". She could barely look him in the eyes.

Of course, Thornton wasn't completely dumbfounded. What else would you have to make room for in a house if you didn't want a friend to move in? He approached her and looked at her seriously. There was no mistaking her nervousness "Space for what, eh?"/ "well, for... Our own baby... Maybe?".

"Maybe?"/ "No, I… There's a reason why I've been so stressed lately… work is the least of it. I know you've never been ready for this before, and for me… It's a bit unexpected now…"/ "As they say, the unexpected often comes, doesn't it?". She looked at him, almost a little surprised… Because how often was that the topic? Children, no children…

Morgana waited for a reaction and was actually expecting all sorts of things, negative words, him leaving the room without a word. But instead, her husband took her in his arms. "Tell me when you want me to start. Maybe it'll be enough for both tots, then Yumi can sleep longer in the morning." Morgana clung to her husband. But she didn't say anything for a while.

Thornton felt all the tension leave her body. And yet she was still trembling a little. "Hey, it's all right, o.k.? I've had plenty of time to practise with Sam, . Well, Sam's bigger, but… It can't get any worse with a mini human like that"/ "mhm, h-hh, now let me get on with it, okay? Otherwise I'll have to go to work hungry". Thornton took one last look at his wife, smiled and kissed her forehead. After breakfast, she made her way to the hospital.

When Morgana arrived, her colleague was already hard at work again. The anatomy course seems to be very popular with many of the residents. Morgana hadn't told her anything yet. But she also knows that she is being taken off duty because of her pregnancy. That's standard practice for nurses and doctors. But she doesn't want that yet.

Morgana waited until Jamie had finished her demonstration on the skeleton. Then she went to her ... "oh, in civilian clothes today?". Morgana smiled a little. "I didn't have time to change. I have something important to discuss with you."/ "O.K. about the X-ray room? It's as good as ready for use, the generator's there too"/ "then let's go over there and talk for a moment, alright?". Jamie raised her eyebrows. "Must be serious, okay".

The two doctors excused themselves for a moment and went behind the building together. "Listen, I probably won't be able to work in a few months, at least not for a while..."/ "Do you have to go?"/ "Nonsense, where am I supposed to go? Hnhn, no, we're going to be parents"/ Jamie stopped for a moment and looked at her in surprise. "What... you and Thornton?"/ "yeah, or have you ever seen me with anyone else?"

"And... What does your husband say? I mean, he never wanted children..."/ " Haven't you noticed how he treats Sam? At first he was really afraid to touch him, but now he won't let him out of his hands. I told him this morning."/ "And?"/ "He just hugged me... He's never hugged me like that before..."

Jamie stopped and hugged Morgana. "Really, I'm very happy for you and for him too. And I really hope that you two find even more of a connection this way"/ "We did, thank you. Hey, everything's ready. Shall we do a test?"/ "You know, only if we start the thing up and switch it off again straight away"/ "All right. And we have to thank Judy and her husband again, without them this wouldn't be possible".

Jamie switched on the generator, then they both went inside. This machine had already been used in the hospital, although not for very long. So one person stood upright in the X-ray machine while the other did an all-round scan. When she had finished, she switched the machine off again. "This thing is really great! The only thing it can't do is analyze blood"/ "I know, but we're lucky to have it. All right, I'll switch the generator off again.“.

After the check at the x-ray machine was successful, Morgana went to the front of the main building. "Christopher? What are you doing on our PC?"/ "Hey, don't worry, nothing wrong. Jamie asked me to take a look at it,"/ "Oh, probably because of the memory problems"/ "the hard disk is already pretty full, mhm".

"And what can we do?"/ "Well, I can't really find a new laptop. She'll have to get rid of a few files that aren't important"/ "hm, but there's important stuff from the hospital on there"/ "I know... But also some things that this PC really doesn't need. But I'll ask her first"/ "Mhm... and you? You have no business here, sweetie".

"Oh, hello, Connor. We rarely see you either"/ "I know, I'm sometimes here and sometimes there, tomorrow most of us are meeting at the cemetery, there'll be a lot to do"/ "mhm...maybe we'll have you as a colleague soon?"/ "hehe, I don't know, I'm trying my hand at an end-time novel right now"/ "hm, I don't know if I want to read that".

Morgana noticed that Pauline was also visiting the hospital and went straight to her. "Pauline… I'm really sorry about yesterday…"/ "It's all right, I think I know why I couldn't stay with you, you're pregnant too, right?"/ "Yes, how do you know…"/ "hn, we pregnant women probably have a feeling for it. I can stay with Zelda for a while.“.

Morgana smiled sympathetically. "It's nice that she has a place for you. My only regret is that we don't have an ultrasound machine. Otherwise I could check on both of us to see if everything is OK"/ "It will be, Morgana. We have to remember our primal instincts now. Unfortunately, most people have lost them. We relax a lot, I even do yoga now, hnhn"/ "just not too much, okay?".

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A little later, during Morgana's shift. "Hello VJ, how's your... little problem?"/ "It's much better now, thanks... water is boiled every time now... I still want to return the favor for the help. I'm going hunting later, do you need meat?"/ "um, not just me, some people here would be happy to have a good piece too".

"Excuse me for asking, but do you even know how to gut an animal?". VJ almost felt a little offended by this question. He crossed his arms, raised an eyebrow and replied: "You have to hang it up by the hind legs, then cut it open from the crotch to the throat, take out the innards and bleed it out". Morgana listened to him carefully and pressed her lips together. It was a moment before she said anything again. "OK, there's really nothing more to add. It should just be stored in a cool place as quickly as possible then…".

"hmm, as soon as I sawed up the animal, I just wanted to distribute it quickly among the people…". Morgana tilted her head a little and rolled her eyes "But not everyone has a fridge at the moment, you have to bear that in mind." VJ hadn't thought that far ahead. "Do you have a better suggestion?"/ "hm, a cold room… It doesn't have to be very big. And you need electricity and a well-functioning air conditioning system that could be retrofitted a bit"/ "oh man,… OK, there are cables sticking out of the ground everywhere, electricity wouldn't be a problem".

"Are you going to fiddle with the power cable on your own? Please let other people do it, do you hear me?"/ "If you only knew where I've fiddled around, but if it makes you feel better… OK, I'll look for help. Now if you can tell me where I can get an air conditioner? I haven't seen any at the scrap yard yet". Morgana was at a loss for a moment, but then she had an idea. "hm, I'll have a look in the old hospital grounds later…".

VJ gladly accepted Morgana's help and suggestions. Even if he preferred to do everything on his own. Still, a little help from others wouldn't go amiss. And so he slowly set off to hunt down a wild animal. If he finds one...

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End of this (l-l-long) Part…sorry ^^ the next one will be shorter again, I promise^^

@greenplumbboblover 😊🙂