#OC; Arche 'KitKat' Sobek Marlowe

[n3onwraith]

Doodle dump over the past two weeks or so except I'm half sure I've posted most of these already, and art block is teaming up with my brain to fuck me over lol

The second picture is my OC Arche, who I'll talk about later, and I need to find some stupid matching family shirts for her adopted adult children. (I'll make a post on them all later I love them so much!!)

In order is Graves and the matching Arche, a random medic concept I'm working on, two of Magpie, a Samuel ref, a Laika ref, and a Ghost doodle I did scrapbook style (ish) before the brainrot took hold.

None of the OCs live in the same universe, so I'm tempted to doodle a stupid crossover eventually. Anywayssss!!

Anywaysss CoD brainrot took over after the second OC, and now here we are!! Still need to learn how to draw the characters, but I'm glad Graves, Keegan and Ghost are relatively easy!!! (This is missing a Keegan and Easy doodle, but it's fine because I may be cringe, but I'm also nervous as hell.)

[n3onwraith]

Okay! Here's Arche's full story because I'm bored and in the middle of doodling a trauma comic <3

Under the cut for length because holy shit I didn't expect to spend an hour writing this and for it to get this long.

Uhhh warning for phillip graves (his own warning), talks of grief, war and depression, and ig adoption if that is something that needs a warning idk

So Arche was born Roxie Sobek Marlowe on March 17th 1985 in western Colorado to parents James and Sunny. He had three younger siblings; Rose, born Februrary 2nd 1988, and the twins Robbie and Richie, born October 3rd 1991. His mother, Sunny, had native american ancestry and his father, James, was irish and scottish. After the twins were born James was never home, always off working or drinking or having an affair, so Sunny was an absent mother, always high or drunk or put partying when she wasn't working, so Arche was a live-in babysitter more than she ever was a child. Arche realized she wasn't a girl or a boy at 13 but didn't really think about it until much later in life when the cubs explained it to them.

Originally, Arche joined the US Airforce after renaming themself legally, but they discharged when the war on terrorism broke out bad and became a mercenary for hire. They worked like this for years until they turned 35 and were hired by Los Vaqueros around two months later, eventually meeting and working alongside the 141 during a run-in. They quickly bonded with Graves and Soap, making fun of each other and teasing everyone, but they took an interest in Graves. They didn't realize their own feelings, however, so Graves fell first, and they fell harder. They'd been dating for a few months, wear8ng eachothers dog tags as a symbol they were taken despite the impracticality of it, when Graves betrayed the 141 and Los Vaqueros without telling Arche, but they still sided with him till the bitter end, whether it was blind love or bad intentions is unknown to even themself.

Arche had been heading to the tank when it exploded, convinced Graves was inside. Despite the burning metal and rubble, despite their injuries, Arche dug until they physically couldn't anymore, hands cut up and bleeding profusely. The entire time, they screamed and begged even once their voice was hoarse, hoping somehow that Geaves would respond, that he would live. And, somehow, three new Shadows watched and decided that, yeah, that's a stable adult that's responsible enough for three kids and adopted themselves.

In the airforce, Arche gad earned themself the callsign of KitKat due to their cat-like mannerisms and favoritism of sweet foods. Originally, it was kitty cat, but someone shortened it, and it stuck. The three shadows hadn't yet earned callsigns and gave eschother their own. They became Milkyway, Mars Bar, and Starburst. Milkyway was the oldest of the recruits, only 25. Her family had immigrated from India to America two generations before her, her grandparents having met in India before moving. She'd served the Shadow Company for just over a year by the time of Graves's death. Mars Bar was 23 and only a part of the company for a few months, only on his first official mission. He's from Alaska, his family having settled long ago. Starburst was the youngest, just 21, and on his first mission when it all happened. He was born in South Mexico and worked hard to join the Shadow Company, only to watch their leader die and their leader's partner mourned.

Arche had always been told they resembled a wild cat, a mountain lion, in their habits and reactions. They climbed, they hissed, they swatted at things if they surprised them, and now they screamed and mourned like one too, pacing and digging and sobbing and screaming and pleading. It took a week of the three recruits sticking around for them to notice, the time having been a blur. They hadn't realized when they'd had food and water placed near them, stopping long enough to rest before continuing to dig. They only stopped when they couldn't anymore, forced to move on by local authorities and military forces. When they left, the recruits followed, not knowing what else to do. The next six months were a blur, but the three never left eventually leading to Arche opening up a little and softening to them slowly, letting them into their tent on bad nights for all of them and treating them as her kids. She leaned into the joke not long after, calling them her cubs and becoming very protective of them, even if they were adults and soldiers. They became migratory, living in the Rocky Mountains in the summer and Mexico in the winter to regulate their temperatures. They eventually just got one big tent and lived in that, all of them not knowing how to settle down, having never learned it. Arche felt like 3 became her lucky number. 3 siblings, 3 cubs, what else? They tried to heal and move on from Graves's death, but never could.

In the early fall, the family drove into Mexico, using military ties as an excuse when anyone asked. Unfortunately, that became all too true. They had walked into a nearby town, Anaisha, aka Milkyway, offering to carry the backpack they carried snacks and drinks in and would carry supplies in on the way back. It was a thirty minute walk, but it was bearable. Unfortunately, the town was deserted, and gunfire could be heard in the distance. The four became cautious, Arche taking the lead with Anaisha covering their back, sandwiching Oliver, Mars Bar, and Antonio, Starburst, between them. The four were extremely stealthy, using their military training and habits they'd learned from Arche to move carefully along the streets. Eventually, they ducked into an abandoned house only to find a figure, and all froze. The figure facing them held a gun, and Arche held a knife.

The figure was Graves, and Arche thought they were hallucinating, which wasn't uncommon but scared them. They turned back but realized the cubs saw him too. Before anyone could interact, a gunshot rang out in the quiet house, and Starburst flinched. It took maybe two seconds for Arche to react, only glancing back to make sure he was okay. They ran at the figure while they reloaded and dove, scrambling for a moment before ending up on top and slitting the figures throat. As they stood, they were panting hard and covered in blood, but sheathed the knife and headed to check in Antonio's wound. Luckily, he'd only been struck in the shoulder. This gave them the perfect distraction while they figured out what to say to Graves, but they hated that they thought like that. They patched up the wound and gave Antonio some extra strength advil, promising a better patch job when they got home, before handing out goldfish and water from the backpack. The cubs all sat at the table as Graves and Arche faced each other with looks that could kill.

Arche crumbled first, throwing themself into Graves's arms and sobbing, only crying harder when they noticed the dog tags he still wore. Arche had never taken hers off, and he was surprised that Graves hadn't either. He was fully convinced he was dreaming until Graves spoke. It was a very simple and quiet "you're okay" but it was enough for both of them to break down. They could hear a "ew" from the cubs but the next hour was a blur. They managed to escape town without any more injuries, patch up Antonio, clean up camp and drive to a motel before time slowed back down.

Hotel nights were a favorite treat among the cubs, a night or weekend every week where they went into a town and got to take a break from the wilderness and nomadic lifestyle. Graves and Arche got their own room, despite the family usually sharing one double bed with a couch, to talk things out while the cubs got their own with the only rule to not get arrested. The talk was long and tiring, with Graves explaining what had really happened and Arche telling him about the cubs and how they'd been in the past year. The two fell asleep at sunrise, glad they'd paid for two nights.

The rest isn't in detail yet, but eventually the Shadows start their own families and settle down, as do Graves and Arche. The two get a house in Georgia so Arche can finally pursue and get their Marine Biology degree, while Graves just continues to remain in the military, coming home often and writing daily. The delay is always funny, because his last field letter often comes in after he's already home. The two have one kid, a daughter, and a dog. Both are scared they'll be awful parents, and the cubs have to practically beg for a sibling because these two idiots are so scared they'll fuck up. Their daughter is named Wren, and she had her parents wrapped around her finger. The dog is a ex military dog named Laika, a malinois that gets pampered and loves her girl. Wren already shows an interest in space, and swears she's going to be an astronaut when she gets older, both Phillip and Arche are glad she doesn't want to be in the military. The cubs still visit and are still family, just not legally. Or not legally until Antonio is adopted at 26, not long after Wren is born. He doesn't live with them, but he wanted it to be official.

They don't have a happy start, but they have a happy ending, and that's what matters.