#teen pregnancy tw

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

Was reminded of nattikay's existence and got inspired, decided I might as well use the poll function.

No "show option." Choose or face my blade. Reblog for more votes, etc.

@mayfriend @midnight1404 @kayjaydee17 @freshairforrabbits @bl00dw1tch @makitesuli

[linnorabeifong]

Teen pregnancy Linzin.

Peoples reactions.

oh my goodness anon you are cooking !

Lin is not taking it well lol. Toph is 🫤. Katara is full yay a grand baby, but also Lin honey are you okay ? Bumi is excited to be an uncle, Kya is excited to be an Aunt. Su is probably excited to be an aunt but also rude to Lin. Lin’s grandparents though ? they’re freaking the fuck out. “You’re dragging the Beifong name through the mud,” etc. Tenzin is worried af. He’s already so anxious. I think Aang takes it well.

Thinking back I guess I did write teenage pregnancy Linzin where she got ahem pregnant at nineteen and Lin’s reaction was to hide it from her family.

I would love to read a fic or some fics with this premise.

[scryptids]

evan rachel wood / she/they  ———  no way is that VADA MURPHY.. they’re a 37-year-old HUMAN notoriously known for being STERN  &  RECKLESS  but there are some people who have seen them being LOYAL  &  FIERCE.  if you ask me, they remind me a lot of flannels covered in paint from wild art projects, home cooked meals that are often lucky to even make it onto the table, bothering her siblings just because she can, and years of avoiding judging stares from the people around her, but that could just be because they’re considered the ARTIST around town. just keep an eye on them  &  see if their true colors shine through..

TW: teen pregnancy

full name: vada beatrice murphy birthdate: september 7th age: 37 height: 5’7” occupation: artist ship status: closed bio:

vada murphy has always been a free spirit, and nobody has ever been able to change that

the eldest of three, she’s always surrounded herself with creative hobbies, never not covered in paint or some other type of media

the murphy parents didn’t always love that vada had no interest in anything that could be considered useful in the ‘real world’, though she always argued that art was one of the most important things in the universe

needless to say, vada always marched to the beat of her own drum, and people quickly learned to stay out of her way

she was very bright and very smart, but she only ever really applied herself in her art classes, barely skimming by in her other classes because they just weren’t as important to her

life was easy and simple throughout her childhood, but at the young age of fourteen, vada landed herself in a situation that nobody wanted to find themselves in

she met a boy who she thought was her whole world, and that boy was just a little too adventurous and persuasive

while vada had always had a good head on her shoulders, even she wasn’t immune to the cute dimples of a teenage boy, and before she knew it, she was staring at two little pink lines on a pregnancy test

but that boy didn’t even stick around for the first doctor’s appointment, leaving vada to figure things out by herself

her parents were obviously furious, doing their best to convince vada that she needed to put her baby up for adoption

but she was stubborn, and the bigger her belly got, the more attached she became to the growing baby inside

luckily, vada had a good relationship with her ex-boyfriends parents, and where her own parents didn’t support her, his sure did

and so at the ripe age of fifteen, vada moved out of the murphy household and into the tolentino house

vada maintained a close relationship with her siblings, but she’d all but cut ties with her parents, knowing she’d be better off without them

not long after her big move, vada welcomed her daughter neri into the world, and she realized that she’d never known real love until that point

the two essentially grew up together, becoming each other's best friend and learning how to navigate the big bad world around them

vada got a job slinging burgers at a fast food joint, selling some of her art on the side to make some extra cash while neri’s grandparents watched her to avoid the cost of daycare

vada knew that she was lucky to have the support system that she did, and after a decade of working a miserable job, she was finally able to get a dingy little apartment for her and neri in the lower district

but they lived a happy life in that little apartment; neri never wanted for anything, and vada made sure to provide for her daughter and put her first above everything

eventually, vada’s art became popular enough for her to become a full-time artist, though neri getting a job at the mall certainly helped take care of bills despite her mother’ insistence that she didn’t need the help

it’s been two decades, and vada finally feels like life has fallen into a comfortable place

her personality is just as bright and chaotic as it was in her younger years, and she has no intention of ever changing that about herself

because she always put neri first, she has no dating life to speak of, but that doesn’t really bother her, as she feels she has more important things to focus on

[merrock]

CHARACTER INFORMATION

face claim: Taylor Kinney

full name: Everett Ellington

nickname(s) / goes by: Rhett

pronouns & gender: cis man, he/him

sexuality: heterosexual

birth date: July 15th, 1980

birth place: Merrock, Maine

arrival to merrock: local!

housing: Rural Countryside

occupation: Part Time Fire Safety Consultant & HVAC Specialist

work place: City Hall/Fire Hall (I’m not sure if there’s anywhere in town that he could be contracted out for the HVAC specialist so I’m going to say for now he’s self employed through that and works as a fire safety consultant through the fire hall still. 

family: Daughter - (Isla Ellington [27]), Younger Brother - (‘Joe’ Ellington [37]), Younger Brother - UTP Ellington [39], Younger Brother -  UTP Ellington [40], Older Brother - UTP Ellington [48]

relationship status: Widowed

PERSONALITY

Rhett is known as someone with a pensive personality. He’s often known to reflect on the hardships in his life that has brought him to where he is today, while also dwelling on the things that have become most important to him over the years. He isn’t one that takes personal events and life’s struggles or changes lightly, but yet he embraces them with every part of him; there’s a likelihood that those around him would never know the difference as his demeanor wasn’t usually one that changed if he was stressed, happy, sad or excited. Growing up, Rhett would often be found helping all of those in need, doing anything he could to help others; between helping elderly people at the grocery store, to helping neighbors build things like bird houses, fix fence posts or even plant things in gardens. He wasn’t really a kid that enjoyed his home life too much, and while his family was always good to him, he’d just much rather be out helping others do whatever they needed help with than to be sitting at home. Friends and family often describe him as diligent and humble. Just ask Theo Browning about the time that Rhett made it all the way to the state level with his historical research project and he barely made an announcement he was going before his cheeks flushed red with embarrassment from the attention. Or the time that he received a medal from the bus driver for saving someone from a choking incident; but of course Rhett wasn’t one to announce it until his photo was in the school newspaper. Despite the good things that people say about him, Rhett is also known to be secretive and moody. Truthfully if you get to know him he’s not really either, but, he doesn’t like to talk about his feelings which makes people think he’s a bit secretive. Without at least three cups of coffee to start his morning, he is known to have a bit of an attitude but that won’t last for too long. Just talk to him post his morning coffee and you’ll see that’s the truth. If you’re ever curious about what he does around Merrock, a few places that you could check to find him could be Mack’s downtown where he’s likely trying to convince himself to get the double decker burger he’s heard everyone talk about. It supposedly pairs well with a chocolate strawberry milkshake, but, he tries to avoid drinking dairy if he can help it. On Saturdays he’ll even go down to Page Turners to check their stock on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle collection he’s been collecting since he was a child. Cassidy’s Candies has become a staple for him throughout the last few years; he’s usually buying wax bottles and bottle caps that he likes to snack on throughout the day. Wednesday’s is his grocery store runs and he typically starts it out with a trip to The Fish Market if they’re open; he even makes cod and asparagus if the market is open. If it’s not, it’s definitely off to The Little Corner Market where he buys the supplies for a steak and potato night; he’s truly a man that would follow the ‘meat and potato diet’ regularly if you let him. Friday mornings are typically started off with a visit to Flour Co. where he buys two chocolate eclairs and a cup of black coffee on his way to his duties for the day. His weekends are spent fishing on the water, and Great Outdoors is always his go-to for updated gear, fishing lures or bait. And if you’ve checked those places and he’s not at work, maybe go by Pinecrest Cemetery where the love of his life is buried. He could be sitting on a blanket keeping her up to speed on his life lately after placing a fresh bouquet of flowers on her grave.

WRITTEN BY: Katelyn (she/her), EST.

BACKGROUND / BIO

triggering / sensitive content warning: Loss of a spouse, abandonment, grief, disownment, financial struggles, teen pregnancy, death, spousal death, fire-related death

July 15th, 1980: The Birth of The Broken Bird

Everett "Rhett" Ellington’s life began in a fire hall in Merrock, Maine, on July 15, 1980. He was abandoned there shortly after birth, left without family or a sense of belonging. Just two days later, the Ellington family—a couple with a son of their own, Alan JR. (AJ) —adopted Rhett and welcomed him into their home. The family was loving, though struggling to make ends meet. Alan - Rhett’s adoptive father - worked hard, but they were far from well off within their later years. Especially once they adopted what was once known as ‘The Wilson boys’- Rhett’s two younger brothers Bobby and Billy, and then later on when Rhett was seven and his baby brother Joe came into their lives. The family’s house was small for what became a family of seven, and growing up in tight quarters meant Rhett spent most of his childhood on the bottom bunk in the bedroom he shared with his AJ. Though they were never without food or clothing, the house felt too cramped for the five growing boys, and the confines became stifling.

Rhett’s mother - Susannah - , a stay-at-home mom, kept the family in order, shuttling her children to school and extracurriculars. They were an extremely religious household, heavily involved in their local church. That had been were Bobby and Billy came from; their mother had been a young girl who had hit a bad patch in her life and Susannah and Alan had graciously taken the boys in to raise and provide for them. And while the church community had always been really close knit, and a huge part of Rhett’s childhood, Rhett’s faith was never truly his own, but his parents' commitment to their beliefs shaped his upbringing. The family attended services twice a week and on holidays, and Rhett and his brothers participated in various church activities and were also heavily involved in the youth there. Although he never shared the passion for church that his parents did, Rhett found a sense of purpose in the historical aspects of the faith. He even participated in church plays, and it was during the Christmas play that Rhett first met Naomi Tyler.

1989: A Bond Like Brotherhood

Naomi wasn’t the only friend that Rhett would make in his childhood that would make a lasting impression on him. When he was nine, Rhett met Theodore Browning, and an immediate bond that would turn into more of a brotherhood would form. It had been the first day of school and the class was engaging in one of those traditional ‘who are you’ get to know you activities, and Rhett had gone after Theo. After introducing himself to the class, an innocent encounter at lunch had formed something beautiful. Turned out that Theo’s brother’s middle name just so happened to also be Everett - a really cool coincidence for nine year old children - and that had been reason enough to prompt the other into asking Rhett to play with him at recess. The rest was truly history. They’d spend hours outside together, playing, laughing, dreaming about their futures. It was truly the start of something great; two boys that would always be there for each other. 

1993: Finding His Future in Her Eyes

Rhett was thirteen years old when he played the role of Joseph in the church’s Christmas play. That was the year he met Naomi Tyler, a twelve year old girl whose quiet confidence immediately caught Rhett's eye. Their relationship started innocently enough, with Rhett doing everything he could to get Naomi's attention—picking flowers for her, slipping drawings of hearts with her name in them. By the time they were teens - him fifteen, her fourteen - they were inseparable, falling in love amidst as easily as if they’d been doing it all their lives. His romance with Naomi blossomed quickly and rapidly, causing the church to raise a brow at how much time the two were spending together. Whispers of “you shouldn’t be spending so much time with a girl, you’re much too young.” or “don’t you run away with that boy now Naomi, you’ll get yourself into trouble.” but they didn’t care. The only thing that they cared about was that they were in love; Naomi would do anything for Rhett and the same for him. Naomi was the most important person to him, and he knew even at the age of fourteen that she was who he was going to spend the rest of his life with. The two took their relationship to the next level sophomore year of high school after homecoming, sealing a bond that would never truly be broken. 

1997/1998: And Then Everything Falls Apart

College prep was in full swing as Naomi and Rhett began thinking of their future with college. Rhett had decided he wanted to join the fire academy to become a firefighter, which he could do from anywhere at any time. Naomi had dreams of becoming a doctor, wanting to travel the country to help out wherever her heart took her. He’d follow along, even if that meant going to college somewhere out of state. He didn’t mind as long as they were together. The two studied hard, making mostly A’s, acing SAT’s and ACT’s and any other test they could need to get into good colleges around the world. However, their lives changed when at the age of seventeen - sixteen for Naomi - they found out she was pregnant. Their lives that had been so carefully planned out, were abruptly thrown into disarray. Immediately picking up more shifts at the pizza place he was already working at, Rhett began doing everything he could to save up for their baby. His deeply religious parents, however, were unable to accept his choices, disowned him and kicked him out of the house. Homeless and about to become a father, Rhett moved in with Naomi’s family determined to create a life for the family they were creating. It was at this point Rhett began to withdraw from the church, heartbroken by his parent’s rejection. He still believed faith as a whole was important, but to him, being a good person mattered more than the stigma of the church.

Shortly after his eighteenth birthday and graduating high school, Naomi gave birth to their daughter, Isla Kate. The couple juggled work, caring for their newborn infant, and attempting to balance the demands of school, work and their new family. They somehow made it work, getting married in a tiny ceremony in Naomi’s family’s yard after her eighteenth birthday. 

  2002: Pursuing A Dream - The Fire Academy

By 22, with Isla now four years old and preparing for school, Rhett and Naomi decided to pursue their dream of becoming firefighters. Rhett had earned an Associate’s degree in Fire Science, and with the support of Theo, who had also joined the fire academy, the two friends embarked on a rigorous and transformative journey. Naomi joined them after many years of tending to a child solely (giving up many dreams she had of becoming a travel nurse), and though they faced many challenges—balancing training with family life and financial strain��their efforts paid off. The academy marked the beginning of a career that would change their lives. Rhett became a firefighter and eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant, while Naomi stayed on as a firefighter. In 2005 when Rhett’s youngest brother turned eighteen, he asked if he could move in with him and Naomi to live his life with the brother he’d always been closest to. While it was tight, the couple made it work and took in Joe - who had a disability requiring him to be unable to live on his own - now giving themselves more responsibility along with raising Isla. Though, having Joe in the house was a blessing in itself. Isla was crazy about her Uncle Joe and oftentimes she’d prefer him over her parents anyways. It truly felt as if the family that had once abandoned him was being rebuilt through the eyes of his daughter and his youngest brother. 

2012: It All Went Out in a Blaze of Glory

Living life as a firefighter you put your life on the line every single day. There wasn’t a day you attended duty that you weren’t risking your life to save someone else’s. It was what made them heroes at the end of the day, and while having two parents in the field was scary enough, Rhett and Naomi made a great team. They worked for opposite shifts so that there was no chance of anyone saying anything about their relationship given Rhett’s rank, which often helped out with Isla and Joe; someone was always home. It was what seemed to work best for them and despite the fact that they rarely saw each other, the love they had never faltered even when things were tough schedule wise. It was on Christmas Day, 2012 that Rhet’s world shattered. A devastating house fire broke out, and Naomi, despite Rhett's pleas to stay home, volunteered to respond to the call. Rhett stayed behind with Isla, but the fire quickly spiraled out of control. Naomi and two other firefighters lost their lives that night. The grief was unbearable. Rhett took a three-month leave from the fire department, struggling to cope with the loss of his wife, his best friend, and the future they had worked so hard to build.

Rhett's grief was all-consuming, and the subsequent months were filled with mourning and trying to navigate life as a single father to Isla, who was now fifteen years old. Despite the profound pain, Rhett eventually returned to work, though his role had shifted. He could no longer work in the same capacity as before. Instead, he transitioned into fire safety inspections, focusing on preventing the kind of tragedy that had stolen his wife from him.

2013 - Current: Always Gotta Move Forward

Rhett’s healing process was slow and difficult, but over time, he managed to start living again. He bought an old farmhouse in the rural countryside, a home he had planned to share with Naomi, and began making it his own. He became certified in HVAC to save money on home repairs, and while he continued working with the fire department in his new capacity, his life was far from what he had envisioned. Dating proved difficult, and though he tried a few times, none of the relationships ever felt right. His focus was on Isla, Joe, and building the life he and Naomi had dreamed of.

As time passed, Rhett slowly began to realize that he could still live a meaningful life, even if it wasn’t the one he had imagined with Naomi. The memory of her, and the love they shared, remained a powerful force in his life. Now, with a renewed sense of purpose, Rhett started to embrace the life he had ahead of him. He had lost so much, but he had also gained something new—a sense of resilience, and a deep understanding of the value of love, sacrifice, and living authentically.

Now in his 40s, Rhett is learning to live the life he should have all along. Though the scars of his past will always be with him, he is determined to honor Naomi’s memory by living a life that is full, meaningful, and true to who he is. His journey is one of redemption, healing, and the slow, steady discovery of happiness once more.

[enzosmorales]

˟ ꗃ ∶ cis male + he/him-- — welcome home, enzo morales (clayton cardenas). this 39 year old OWNER/MECHANIC AT COHLES AUTO SHOP is often associated with early morning runs, the smell of cigarettes, tattoos all over his body. their friends would call them GENEROUS, HONEST & HELPFUL , but others recall them as ALOOF, CYNICAL, & HOT HEADED.

tw: adoption mention, tw: foster system mention, tw: slight mention of violence mention, tw: teen pregnancy mention

Enzo Raymond Morales was born on August 28th in 1984. At least that’s what he’s been told all his life. You see, Enzo honestly had no idea if that was even his real name. He had grew up within the foster system. The thirty-nine year old was placed in the system the moment he was taken away from his birth mother’s arms. Because of this, Enzo grew up tough. He grew up in Manhattan, New York and had to learn how to fight and stay strong. He learned how to take care of himself.

The social worker named Robin who had taken care of him all his childhood, they had formed a special bond since day one, and if you tried to argue then you’d be wrong since Enzo considered Robin to be his “mother.” He wasn’t the best in school, always getting into fights and getting into trouble but Robin still stuck by him. She made sure he succeeded and even though the man didn’t get straight A’s he got some good B’s and C’s. Though he was a loner, always have been and probably always will be. Enzo kept to himself, he found that he really loved fixing things. Anything with his hands. If something was broken, then Enzo would fix it. It was a hobby that he had picked up and was quite good at it.

It was mostly cars. While fixing cars Enzo was able to get his hands dirty. He was able to get distracted. Distracted from love, but that was far from the truth. At just sixteen years old, when things were going good for a bit, he had met and fallen in love with someone named Olivia Wells. They were mad for each other, and Robin tried to advise him against it, considering they were going too fast but Enzo didn’t care. He was happy. For the first time in his life, Enzo was happy. He and Olivia were together for a few years, but at seventeen she found out she was pregnant. Enz had gotten her pregnant. Terrified and broke, he supported her with whatever she choose. They eventually broke up and Enzo slipped up again. Getting into fights, getting into trouble. However, Robin made him go straight to work. She made him fall in love with fixing cars again and getting his hands dirty. After high school, and after his situation with Olivia, it was straight to work for him. Enzo went to work in a shop fixing up cars and bikes and any other motor vehicle. He loved it honestly, and it paid enough for him to save up but not just enough to rent his own place so he would always crash at Robin’s.

However, Enzo took up a second job which was bar tending and he thoroughly enjoyed it. That finally did it and Enzo put his first down payment on a place in Brooklyn, New York. Though nights were lonely and he filled that loneliness with different girls throughout the week, women he’s flirted with at the bar he was working at. No one ever really stuck. That was until he had met one girl, one girl whom he tried so hard not to fall in love with. They were usually one night stands with the women he’s slept with throughout the years and throughout his time in Brooklyn, but this women? No. She was it for him and he knew it and it terrified him. He was ready to propose and though before he could pop the question, the women disappeared.

Enzo was devastated honestly and he realized that he wasn’t cut out to be committed or tied down to just one person. So, in order to clear his mind the man took a vacation for first time in his life. For some reason that spot was Woodside in Michigan and Enzo left. Michigan soon became his home, it was comfy and cozy. Something he always wanted.  Still a loaner, the man opened up his own sop called Cohles, and continues to bar tend on the side in town. Enzo has been here for five years. He still keeps in touch with Robin, and is forever grateful for her and her husband Chip who has helped him along the way. He has no interest in finding out the birth of his real parents or what happened to the two women he fell madly in love with. 

[feastonkings]

adam brody / he/him  ———  no way is that ELIAS ACKERMAN.. they’re a 39-year-old HUMAN notoriously known for being PESSIMISTIC  & UNEASY but there are some people who have seen them being MATURE  &  PATIENT.  if you ask me, they remind me a lot of falling asleep fully clothed from exhaustion, grasping the day in white knuckles, a drum set collecting cobwebs, never spending money on himself, and vintage t-shirts, but that could just be because they’re considered the TRAGIC DROPOUT around town. just keep an eye on them  &  see if their true colors shine through..

GENERAL.

full name: elias moon ackerman nicknames: eli classification: human gender / pronouns: cis man, he/him age / birthday: 39, december 15th orientations: heterosexual, aromantic occupation: owner of in shambles & soldier for skyport mafia location: lower district status: on and off again with arizona navarro family: devan ackerman (sibling), yiska ackerman (sibling), esme ackerman (daughter) strengths: mature, patient, calm, responsible, protective weaknesses: pessimistic, uneasy, forgetful, flaky, exhausted character inspo: tbd

BIOGRAPHY.

tw: death, teen pregnancy

born the oldest of three, to parents who thought they wanted kids but in the end they would’ve been better off with a couple pets. still, they tried and once yiska and devan came along, elias did his best to help out when he could.

almost immediately he was obsessed with music, fell in love with rock-n-roll first then expanded from there. he got his first drum set when he was nine from a yard sale and began teaching himself how to use it.

instruments began piling up after that, while drums were his first love, he began teaching himself the guitar, keyboard, and anything else he could get his hands on.

it kept him out of trouble when he had something to focus on but, on the other hand, he hated being at home and found himself trying to avoid the place when he could

that ended up getting him mixed up with the wrong people at times and the best ones at other times. he had a mixed group of friends but they ended up being a salvation, even if trouble ensued

it also led him to meeting arizona, who he fell for right from the start. and continued to be a staple in his life, regardless if they were together or not.

well into the age of sixteen their parents disappeared, later they would find out they died but they never got much in ways of a funeral for them by the time they found out. this was also probably why it was easier to dodge social services

instead of getting put into the system, elias decided to drop out of school and get a job to take care of his younger siblings. unfortunately minimum wage jobs don't pay the bills and feed three people, so he ended up working for the skyport mafia

when he turned eighteen he petitioned the courts for guardianship of his siblings and won. then to add to an already full load, arizona came to him with the news that she was pregnant.

esme being born was one of the happiest days of his life and while he wasn't always the best when it came to commitment or knowing what he was doing, he always tried to be the best dad he could be and make sure she didn't need for anything

while his dreams of having a band and being a rock star were squashed long before he became an adult, he was able to take over the ownership of in shambles and still keep music a constant in his life.

he is still a soldier in the mafia, it wasn't like he could get out if he wanted to, but he tries his best to do the bare minimum and fade to the background. he can't avoid the bar being used for laundering but he's managed to keep out of the eyes of the law

HEADCANONS.

when elias needs to blow off some steam, he can usually be found in his garage drumming or on stage before opening at in shambles.

he is constantly exhausted and has gotten in the habit of falling asleep in random places, either napping or not making it all the way up to his bed, sometimes mid-conversation

more to come....

[screenstatics]

(savannah la rain) the syrupy. please welcome DARCY DOOLITTLE (she/her) to huntsville, wv. they are a 19-year-old resident who lives in the commune. you may see them around working as a server at the daily grind. poor unfortunate soul. we'll see if they survive..

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connection ideas still under co & connections in play

BASICS,

› full name. darcy allison doolittle › nickname/s. › age. 19 years old › gender, pronouns. cis woman, she/her › sexuality. bisexual › occupation. server at the daily grind › role. gatherer › arrived at huntsville. 19 years ago; was born in huntsville › aesthetics. doing your hair and makeup every morning. floral scents. crying when someone raises their voice at you. giggly. plucking fresh fruit. the smell of freshly baked bread. bunny slippers. laying in bed and just thinking. wondering what could have been. tenderness is a virtue. making shapes with sparklers in the dark.

PERSONALITY,

› overview. a heart far too big for this cruel world. overly trusting of others and always expects the best of out people; it's gotten her into trouble more than once but she refuses to rewire her brain into thinking differently. simply doesn't have a mean bone in her body; even when arguing with someone, she fights fairly and hardly ever swears.. › traits. naïve, friendly, nervous, warm, stubborn › labels. the sweetheart, the mom friend, the amateur cinematographer

BACKSTORY,

warning! teenage pregnancy, parental death

› born and raised huntsville by her 17-year-old mother, molly doolittle, and grandmother, gertrude doolittle. a spoiled rotten little girl who was absolutely adored by her caregivers; as afraid as her mother was to find out she was pregnant, there was a whole village behind her. the duo were loved and supported through it all. › darcy got just about everything she wanted but managed to grow up to be appreciative and humble. she often donated clothes and toys that she no longer needed and gave money to the homeless every chance she got. a heart of gold doesn't even begin to describe her. › even before her personality and interests started to develop, darcy always loved cameras. she was the star of any picture and recording. as she got older, she slowly started to prefer staying behind the camera but her love for filming and photographing only grew. shortly before passing away, her grandmother gifted her a light pink digital camera along with a few glitter stickers to put on it— this is something she still uses to this day, more than ten years later. › darcy's world crashed and burned at the mere age of 7; the paradox wasn't something she was expecting to happen. her mother tried desperately to protect her daughter- though it costed her her own life, leaving a young and helpless darcy to defend herself.. the most she could do was hide. she climbed and hid in a tree, only to be rescued two days later. survival would have been impossible alone. › the death of her mother and primary caretaker struck something in darcy that wouldn't easily be mended; she had gone mute due to what she witnessed that night. she was deeply afraid of everything and everyone and had no idea what to trust. after the horrors she had seen, she was ready to die up in that tree. but fate had other plans for her. she moved into the commune shortly after it was created. › a few years later, darcy slowly started to open up, though she was still incredibly shy and didn't warm up to new people right away. it took a very long time but she finally returned to her true self; a film-loving sweetheart who loves meeting new people. it was a difficult journey..

OTHER TIDBIDS,

› she records almost everything on her digital camera as she feels it's important to document what they're going through in case they ever escape it › literally too kind for her own good. she's overly trusting of others and simply doesn't expect others to be mean for no reason.. though there are a lot of people like that in the world › girly has no idea how to fight lmao, she'll walk away the second someone raises their voice at her

[avephelis]

(SPOILRERS ON RITPIDE EPISODE 100 if u havent seen it)

hey saw ur post on jayson ferin and thinking abt how young he was when he became a parent n if he actually loved may or not .. like he did fuck off (to go visit may) in episode 100 when jay told him may was dying so he cares for her somewhat. is it love? is it just looking out for the mother of his children ? dk

IT'S SO INTERESTING TO ME I NEED CONDI TO DROP MORE FERIN BACKSTORY MANN. personally i think at least at some point he loved may and probably still does but like. did something sour there? was he just always this way? is his idea of love just inherently flawed?

idk jayson ferin is a fascinating character to me (terrible father, fascinating person)... i kind of wonder if having kids at a young age could also be related to the ferin legacy thing? because if faye ferin is still active in the navy i'd assume she'd be pretty young for a grandmother, too. lot of thoughts about her relationship with jayson and drey.

and i think about jayson shaming jay for leaving her mother alone, back in the block arc. because he did the exact same thing, even whilst may was ill, and i wonder if he was just being manipulative or if he was projecting or if he was genuinely unaware. shaking condi and grizzly DROP THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA LORE. DROP IT.

[graciegallo]

full name: grace elizabeth gallo

nicknames: gracie, gallo, gg, g

age: 32

dob: february 5th

hometown: manhattan, new york city, new york

current location: brooklyn, new york city, new york.

neighborhood: paxton

occupation: defense lawyer

gender: cis female

sexuality: heterosexual

relationship status: single

theme song: maneater - nelly furtado

Grace Elizabeth Gallo was born on a cold winter night back in 1994. February 5th to be exact. The oldest of the Gallo family, following her twin brothers Griffin and Gabriel shortly after, as the first born Grace was spoiled beyond compare. Her parents and grandparents loved her the moment she opened her beautiful eyes and came out kicking and screaming. Spoiling her within the arts and not just with love, Grace who was later called Gracie grew up dancing, singing, playing the piano. Anything she wanted, she got. Anything she needed, she took.

Talented at a young age, Gracie first fell in love with ballet at age five. She loved the idea of tutus, and slippers and anything pink. Ballet was her escape from the reality of the Gallo families activities. Knowing very well who her parents were and what they did and what they were involved with, she tried to do everything she could in order to protect her two baby brothers and herself.

Overall a good childhood with a golden spoon in her mouth and a passion she loved, the summer going into her freshman year of high school was when Gracie met and fell in love with David Vanderbilt. They were inseparable, and it wasn't until Gracie became the family disappointment at age fifteen. Her mother calling her every name in the book, her father not wanting to be seen with her--, Grace found out she and David were expecting. Terrified that her life was over, Grace couldn't do the unbearable. So without her parents permission, and the somewhat support of David, she birthed her beautiful baby girl nine months later and placed her up for adoption. Way to young to fully understand how hard it was to make such a decision, Grace and David eventually went separate ways.

Gracie tried to forget about it. Working really hard in school. Trying to be the best of the best. She got back into dance again and practiced, practiced, practiced. The girl straight A's within high school and kept up with extra curriculum activities, Gracie ended up being valedictorian at her graduation. About to audition for Julliard to become a Prima Ballerina, right before her auditions, Gracie was practicing her turns & fell wrong way out of one. The young girl then broke her ankle, causing a major shift in not only her career but future. Since her father had always wanted her to be a lawyer, Grace decided to give up dance and ballet for good & started getting ready to become a lawyer.

Getting accepted into Harvard University, the oldest of the Gallos' went to Harvard all four years and than went onto Harvard Law. Becoming a defense lawyer for New York City, she's very well known and well liked. Very successful in what she does. The Lawyer resides in Brooklyn. Still not in her parents good graces, and still

[bearcreekhq]

MEET PUCK

Full Name → Noah "Puck" Levi Puckerman

Age → 33

Birthday → October 19th, 1990

Order & Type → first, solo

Gender & Pronouns → cis man, he/him

Sexuality → bisexual

Occupation → owner of Whispering Pines Farm, retired United States Navy

THEIR STORY

(tw: alcoholism, teen pregnancy) Growing up in a broken home on the outskirts of Bearcreek, Puck had to fend for himself most of the time. At a young age, he was taking care of his siblings. Between his mom always working and his dad always on a drunk bender, it was up to him to keep up with the house and everything that pertained to it, other than paying the bills.

Once he had gotten older, and his mother kicked his father out, Puck decided to try and get away from the house as much as possible. Football was his main outlet. His outlet for hurt and rage. Surprisingly, he was good at it, especially wide receiver. With being wide receiver and the youngest starter, came popularity. With popularity, came girls. Girls. That became his everything. At least until Sophomore year of high school.

Sixteen. At sixteen, Puck had gotten someone pregnant. He had gotten careless. But it was with that, he grew up. Maybe not completely, but he wasn't back to his old man-whore ways. By the end his Sophomore year, he was a father. A father at seventeen.

After barely graduating, Puck joined the Navy, hoping to give himself some discipline. Turns out, it was actually good for him. It allowed Puck to travel to places he probably would have never seen in his life, even if he was on a boat most of the time. One of the few times he was on land, he drunkenly got married.

The marriage lasted for three years. Out of the marriage, one of the only good things to come out of it was Zade, his now three year old. Currently, he has full custody of his son, and has moved back to Bearcreek to establish himself in a place that he's familiar with, and where he has family. Jumping the gun, he bought a run down farm on the outskirts of the bustling little town. Whispering Pines is now his safe haven for him and Zade.

[willowdied]

Meta + Stephanie and the idea of having kids—

oh boy. you ready for a long ramble? i have a lot of. thoughts.

being a parent is not something that really pops until steph's head until she has a pregnancy scare. in the several verses i have established with steph i have varying thoughts on when this particular scare happens, but she has one before her senior year of high school. she's safe and responsible, but one late period sends her into a crisis and she immediately stops and buys four tests on the way home. to say that the ten minutes of waiting she is having a crisis the whole time is an understatement, steph's brain trying her best to think about how she would be a parent, what she would do, where she would go. the relief that she felt seeing a very clear negative was strong, but the thought linger on what if should it have been positive. her father's reaction to those four tests in the garbage, despite the fact that all of them of one line on them was enough for her to solidify the fact that she shouldn't be a parent--- her one parent that she had was far from supportive and cared for nothing save for him image, meanwhile her mother had hit the road when steph was just three years old, leaving both her only child and her husband behind. regardless of circumstances, what sort of mother would she be based on her example? she had no direction in her life, she had no idea what she would be doing out of high school- what could she offer to a child?

in verses where she has people around her who have kids and she gets to be around them, for a moment, steph is a little antsy at first but very quickly she starts to entertain the idea of maybe she would be a decent mom. she is in no rush though.

the worry and thought had never really left her head and when she's older, out of high school, probably out of college with a degree to her name, and maybe even a whole new last name, when it comes to taking another test again and there is two lines waiting for her it scares her a little, and it for sure is not planned, but she has a little more faith in herself and a lot more faith in her partner ( which im just going to say pete for this because i am in fact. lautski trash ) . the worry sits in the corner of her mind, but she also grows this determination to do better, to give more than what her parents had not. it's far from planned and she still is nervous but she gets more and more excited about it.

and with that in mind, after having a first, determined to make sure this kid does not feel alone, like she felt, despite knowing they will do ten times better, and knowing how pete has a brother and knows a bit about that she very quickly brings up the idea of having another that is a little more planned.

tldr it's a lot of fear and doubt in herself till she gets there or around people who have kids or with time and figuring out herself and working through uh. her childhood, and an accident happens and she slowly but surely gets excited to being to be a mom.

[rageagaiinsta]

@blue-eyed-kaiba sent an ask!! :: 🎁: To give my muse a present for the baby. // Pregnancy Rp Meme.

It's been one month since the KC Grand Championship. Annaleigh is not salty about her loss at all, and is grateful to Seto giving her a chance to show off her skills. Even if it was short lived.

She lets out a deep sigh as she makes her way up the steps to her apartment. Annaleigh hates the amount of stairs she has to climb to get to her home, but the rent in this building is cheap and the apartment is decent enough. The place is still kind of barren and devoid of personality, but it's slowly becoming a home.

Annaleigh stops at the top of the stairs, taking a moment to rest. Then, she walks down the hall that veered off the stairs.

Hazel green eyes stare in surprise as she spots the CEO, standing in front of her apartment, holding a light blue bag in his grasp. Cautiously, she makes her way up to him. Annaleigh wonders how long he's been waiting at her door for. "I'm sorry you had to wait out here. I wish you'd called me first. I just finished a shift at the game shop." She sighs softly.

"How did you find out where I live, anyway? I don't think I've ever mentioned it before." she questions. Annaleigh hasn't invited anyone from school over, so nobody knows where she lives. She's still a bit at odds with Yugi and friends. She wouldn't blame any of them if they hated her for her part in DOMA's plans.

A hand reaches into her red and black, plaid, unbuttoned, long-sleeved, shirts' side pocket for her apartment key. Underneath the top is a black Breaking Benjamin t-shirt. The shirt presses against her stomach, showing off the sixth month bump underneath it with a tiny baby growing inside. Paired with the shirt is a comfortable pair of dark jeans and black sneakers.

Getting a closer look at the bag, the pregnant woman notices that is says :: baby on it in Japanese writing. So that's why he's here. "Is this compensation for me losing your tournament?" she teases. Pulling out the key, she reaches for the door handle and puts the key inside, turning it. She turns the handle and pushes door open, revealing a stark, white walled apartment with very little furniture. There are a few personal items strewn about, but otherwise, the place is very empty.

[hvnyz]

| if you’re hearing YOU SIGNED UP FOR THIS by MAISIE PETERS playing, you have to know ZELDA “ZIGGY” ABRAMS (SHE/HER; CIS WOMAN) is near by! the 30year old BARISTA AT GREEN THUMB CAFE has been in denver for, like, FIVE YEARS. they’re known to be quite RECKLESS,but being RESILIANT seems to balance that out. or maybe it’s the fact that they resemble SOFIA BLACK D'ELIA. personally, i’d love to know more about them seeing as how they’ve got those DOG-EARED ROMANCE NOVELS, OAT MILK LATTES AND PATCHWORK TATTOOS vibes. and maybe i’ll get my chance if i hang out around the RIVER NORTH ART DISTRICT long enough!

pinterest || connections and wanted connections

BASICS

FULL NAME:  Zelda "Ziggy" Adira Abrams NICKNAME(S): Ziggy, Zigfield AGE: 30 DATE OF BIRTH:  October 13th, 1993 PLACE OF BIRTH:  Chicago, Illinois CURRENT LOCATION:.  RINo district, artists alley apartments ETHNICITY: Ashkenazi Jewish, Italian GENDER: Cis Woman PRONOUNS: she/her SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual RELIGION:  practicing Judaism OCCUPATION:  barista at green thumb cafe, spring romance writer FACECLAIM: Sofia Black D'elia

PHYSICAL TRAITS

HEIGHT: 5'3 WEIGHT: 121 pounds HAIR COLOR: Brown  EYE COLOR: brown PIERCINGS: her ears are pierced three times each TATTOOS:  roses on her left forearm, a panther on her right shoulder, and “mother” in a heart on her right arm, the pride and prejudice (2005) hand holding scene as a tattoo, random tattoos throughout creating "patchwork" sleeves SCARS|MARKS: n/a SIGNATURE SCENT: Le Labo Santal 33 

PHOBIAS AND DISEASES

MENTAL ILLNESSES: Generalized Anxiety PHYSICAL ILLNESSES: N/a PHOBIAS: acrophobia

RELATIONSHIPS

MOTHER:  Miriam Abrams FATHER:  N/A SIBLINGS: wanted connection coming soon RELATIONSHIPS: tba PETS: Maine Coon named Papaya

PERSONALITY

ZODIAC SIGN:  Libra MORAL ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good FAVORITE FOODS: potato pancakes, dairy free butter chicken with garlic naan, eggplant parm. FAVORITE COLOR: lavender LIKES: getting tattoos, romance novels, learning new makeup techniques, dancing on bars, karaoke, DISLIKES: the smell of gasoline, the sound of babies crying, raspberries.  HOBBIES: spending too much time in the bookstore, clubbing, drinking, and buying makeup she doesn't know how to use.

HEADCANONS

Ziggy's favorite movie next to the original Scream is Pride and Prejudice (2005) Ziggy writes fluff-based fan fiction under a pseudonym Ziggy has been writing her novel since she was 25 Ziggy is loosely based off of Fiona Gallagher and Lorelai Gilmore. Ziggy drives a beat up, on it's last leg, jeep wrangler.

BIOGRAPHY

PAST,

Homelessness tw, teen pregnancy tw adoption mention tw brief death mention

Zelda "Ziggy" Adira Abrams didn’t have a real home until she was 12 years old. Her mother Miriam had her at just 16 years old, and the two lived in and out of homeless shelters, run-down apartments, and friends’ places throughout her childhood. Up until they moved into an actual home, she had never known anything other than moving around, being a nomad, herself, and her young mother.  

Ziggy, named after Zelda Fitzgerald but nicknamed after the infamous David Bowie persona, was resigned to raising herself as well as her mother. She had to grow up and be an adult from a young age, from circling job ads in newspapers and making sure they made it to the shelter on time to get a room, or at least to eat. There was never any real room to be a child.

It was Ziggy and her mother alone for a good while, until when she was five years old. A five-year-old Ziggy had no idea why her mother’s body was changing, she just knew that sometime later they were inside a hospital, there was a baby in her arms,  and then suddenly, there wasn’t.  They walked out of the hospital, just her and her mother, alone again. Ziggy would learn many, many, many years later, that her mother gave her little sister up for adoption.

Ziggy learning to read and loving to read is credited to her mother in many ways, the first being that her mother would take her to the library during the day to keep warm and have something to do, and Ziggy needed an escape from everything. It started with princesses in high towers being rescued by their prince and turned into sometimes cheesy, but often thrilling, romance novels. Ziggy fell in love with love.

When they finally got a real home, it was only because her grandmother passed away, leaving the three-bedroom home to her only daughter, Ziggy, and her mother Miriam moved right in.

It was all rather the same Ziggy needed to raise both herself and her mother, except this time her mother had landed herself a job, a waitress at a diner at night. During the day, Ziggy would go to school, and a night her mother would head off to work, leaving the young girl alone to her own devices.

But ultimately, Miriam Abrams wasn’t the mother a young girl needed. She didn’t get the puberty talk, she wasn’t taught how to do her hair or makeup, these were all things she had to pick up from magazines. She learned to cook enough to feed herself, but she was barely allotted a childhood, having to be the adult her mother wasn’t. No pretty dresses or elaborate bat mitzvahs paid for by her mother's boyfriend could make up for it.

Ziggy left the first moment she could. With a high school diploma, 1,000$ to her name, and a bus ticket, she was off to California, as far away from her mother as she could possibly get.

Ziggy slept on couches again and worked odd jobs until she found something more permanent as a waitress,  paying 30 dollars a night to sleep in a bedroom that had a curfew of 10:00 pm. She didn’t go to college. She had no direction whatsoever. She just wanted to experience life.

So experience she did, she lived in California, Seattle, and New York, and finally, she landed herself in Colorado, just her, her beat-up little jeep wrangler, her books, and a few garbage bags filled with clothes.

PRESENT

That was five years ago now, and Ziggy has been the happiest, and the most stable she's ever been. She's got a dream job as a barista at the Green Thumb, reading, and writing romance novels in her free time. It's her dream to be published, to walk into a library and see her name amongst her favorites, but for now, just writing them is enough. She lives in Artist's Alley Apartments in RINo and has an orange Maine Coon cat named Papaya. She still has no idea what she's doing, but she's happy and having fun trying to figure it out. She sends her mother money once a month.

[cottonmaxi12]

Calla Benvenuti spoiler

Tw: Mention of teenage pregnancy, yelling, leaving, and oc

Note: This is my friend story on Wattpad but she wants to post it on here with all you atsv fans

"Hello my people! Let me tell you how I became spider-woman!" Calla said as she quickly put on her school clothes. "Like others I got bitten, got powers, I did have a super sad life." Calla said as she looked down. "But for a teenager my age I have a one year old child." Calla said as she turned her head to the side.

"But I do have a friend called Miles Morales, who is my only friend since people just judge me for having a child." Calla said as she remembered how her ex just yelled, and left her. "I guess it's for the best..." Calla said as she smiled through the pain.

"But the real thing is that I don't need a man at all. I still have my parents, and my friend and I'm happy with that." Calla said as she ran into Miles. "Hello Calla!" Miles greeted me. "Hello Miles!" I greeted him back.  Me and Miles are going to be best friends until the end of time.

Or so I thought.....

[luckylewis]

Full Name: Lucky Lewis.

Nicknames: Lucky Luciano.

Pronouns and Gender: He/Him, cis man.

Birthday: November 3rd, 2000.

Birth place: Aurora Bay.

How long have they been in town?: His whole life / Left for 4 years for uni / has been back a week (as of February 2023).

Sexuality: Bisexual.

Housing: Ocean Crest Apartments.

Occupation:  Front Desk @ Aurora Bay Veterinary Clinic / Freelance Software Developer.

Family: Leroy Lewis (older brother), Clementine Lewis (older sister), Lorelai Lewis (younger sister) and 1 daughter (Theodora 'Theo' King).

tw teen pregnancy, cheating, divorce, drugs, alcohol // @aurorabayaesthetic

BIO:

The first big scare Lucky Lewis had given his parents was silence in the seconds that followed his birth. It wasn’t just them who felt the terror of it, the doctor who had delivered him and the nurse present too also felt it – until eventually a cry left his little body. It was then that he was jokingly nicknamed the quiet one in contrast to his older brothers, which he seemed to embody tenfold as he grew up. With both little interest and little skill in most sports, he only ever found himself partaking in them because his brothers or his friends were. He could kick a football, catch a basketball and swing for a baseball, but there was never a guarantee that it would advance his teammates in any of the games he was playing, which was why he never found himself playing for any sort of team. His mind had always been the muscle he liked to work the most, and he was drawn to anything with a screen from as early as he was allowed access one.

It had been Lucky that had inadvertently become live in tech support for his family, always eager and willing to take whatever device was malfunctioning and see if he could teach himself how to fix it. It was a skill that only flourished more in his teen years, and seemed to work in tandem with the subjects he excelled at it in school – namely math and sciences.

It was clear to everyone around him that it was a thread he would follow into a career, which was how he found himself with a litany of offers from universities when the time came. It had always been his intention to go somewhere close to home, solely because he didn't want to leave the network of people he had around him. When he was accepted into a university in London after applying without ever thinking entry was a possibility that threw a spanner in those plans.

It was the combination of this news and his father confirming that after months of fights and hostility in the household, he would be divorcing Lucky's mother after finding out confirmation of her having an affair that Lucky found himself at a crossroads. Stay and try fix the ever deepening fracture in his family, or go and try to make something of his life without being weighed down by everyone around him.

Selfishly, he chose the latter.

The move to London was a difficult but necessary one for him so he told himself, and despite it all being his choice he missed his family dearly – or at least he missed the idea of his family, the one that existed before a bitter divorce had changed the landscape of it. No matter how long he stayed gone, the guilt of not being a part of his daughter's life ate him alive and only increased with time. Partying in college soon became a need rather than a way to let off steam, with both his drinking and his recreational drug use spiraling out of control until he almost flunked out in his third year. Gradually, he got himself back on the rails, but he still has to think about it before he takes a drink or accepts a line at a club.

During holidays and summer breaks, he chose to travel around Europe than to ever come home. There were too many ghosts there and too much he wasn't ready for. However, after having graduated and finally decided that England wasn't where he was going to start the next stage of his life, his decision on where he was meant to be and what he was supposed to do was made easy for him after a revelation from his best friend back home. The then four year old child that she had had after a one night stand between the pair was his, despite previous denials. The news was earth-shattering in its own way and it lead him straight back to the town that had raised him so he could help raise his daughter.

He may have flown the nest successfully, but there was some part of him that was still a home bird.

PERSONALITY.

+ self-sufficient, intelligent, thoughtful.

- introverted, melancholic, selfish.

FUN ADJACENT FACTS.

lucky by britney spears is his go to karaoke jam.

he brings home a goofy or tacky trinket from every place he’s ever travelled to. he has a whole collection of location specific ugly key rings that are his pride and joy.

is learning High Valyrian on Duolingo.

huge lara croft/tomb raider fan. is usually fighting in subreddits about it.

is currently learning ASL after accidentally learning BSL in london and not realising they're two different languages.

has a tattoo on his forearm of the name 'theo' in his daughter's handwriting.

CURRENT CONNECTIONS.

childhood best friend of / shares a child with tabitha king

father of theo king (npc, 5 years old)

best friend/roomate of @helenasoarcs

younger brother of @lemielewis

twin brother of @lorelailewis

older sister's bf / pseudo big brother / looks up to @willxmeyers

new friend of @finnbrooks

former brother-in-law of @vanessagable

depressties with @aylinxc-s

parent / existential crisis friend of @christinaxwagner

dad friends with @kaede-yamada

jackson ellis apologist to @jacksonxellis (not in game but still canon)

childhood friend/former neighbor/london situationship boyfriend of @macaulaymontgomery

online nemesis of @fionaosmvn (not in game but still canon)

friends from london of @cricketcampbell

godparent of his daughter / homies with a shared haunting sadness of @cassidyxcooke (no longer in game but still canon)

tattoo client of @aeris-flores and @mackmontgomery

friend and frequent apologist of @jaredx

attended hs at same time as / friend of @katexharmon

long-time friend of @thelizaxlevin

bully (victim SHGSHJ) to buddy pipeline of @noralevin

was phone-jacked / sometimes nemesis of @madiiscn

friend of @leomlarson

online friend to real life friend of @naoisehenry

SPECIFIC WANTED CONNECTIONS.

anyone from his london era! he went to uni there for 4 years (18-22). open to any sort of connect: friendly, past romantic, antagonistic. hmu!

GENERIC WANTED CONNECTIONS.

connections wise he’s pretty much an open book right now, but some baseline ideas that can be springboarded off are:

friendly.

a best friend / ride or dies / close friends / childhood friends / pseudo-siblings / friends / drunk friends / new friends / former roommate / people he knew from london / people he met on his travels / people from cali he was close to.

romantic

flirtationship / friends with benefits / one time hook ups / tinder matches / unrequited crush (can be either way) / exes from high school / exes on good terms.

antagonistic.

enemies / former (best) friends / exes on bad terms / frenemies / rivals / negative influence / people who don't fuck with him for leaving how he did.

[fmkkennedy]

Penelope and joey

Also

Gimmie Drew and Reby bye

rofl, so now more than ever, let's talk about a juno kinda inspired, teen pregnancy AU for penelope and joey.

then later, fckin' TEACHER/SINGLE PARENT AU for drew and reby.

the good cheerleader girl who likes heavy music winds up on the wrong side of a party and ends up hooking up with the absolute worst bad boy in the entire school because they've both had a little too much to drink and shocker, when you're plastered, you don't really think about a condom in a tiny half bathroom at someone's mom's house.

penelope is terrified that her parents are going to disown her, that her friends are going to leave her, that everything is going to go completely upside down, meanwhile joey isn't listening to a word she's fucking saying because he just found out that he's gonna be a dad, and she plans on keeping the baby, and even if they had the conversation about alternative things to do, he also can't stomach the idea of losing his child, even if this child wasn't planned, even if, even if, even if. so, they keep it a secret. for a long time. hell, half the time they act like they hardly know each other. it's wildly unhealthy, and it doesn't help them come together as parents at all, but as she gets further along and as things progress, joey begins to give a real damn about penelope to the point that he finds himself in fights with football players that made comments about penelope's body changing and her gaining weight. penelope finds herself defending joey verbally to her friends and the teachers she knows and loves, wanting to make sure that he doesn't get expelled or any horrible abuses from her friends. they only tell people when the baby is almost here. and even then, they don't tell everyone. penelope's parents were furious, joey's mom was ready to adopt the baby if completely necessary, penelope's friends were Less than Pleased with her choices in life and joey's friends thought it meant he sold out to the higher crowd. it was all a mess. penelope wishes she just would've come home with the baby without explanation.

joey steals the cutest fucking gender-neutral clothes from target. penelope is angry at first because obviously, she doesn't want to dress her baby in something that's been stolen, but goddamnit, he really does have pretty decent taste and the clothes he steals are absolutely adorable. he tries to encourage penelope to steal some on her own time and she contemplates it, but she's just too much of a goody two shoes to ever go along and do it. that baby has so many cute band shirts, leather jackets, and everything that feels so very much Joey. when they find out that they're having a little girl, penelope is DELIGHTED and joey's world turns upside down because he has the harsh reality check of "fuck, what if there's someone out there like me that tries to fuck around with MY daughter?" and he automatically becomes so much more insanely protective that it's kind of adorable.

that baby inspires joey to get his shit together, in the best way. like, he starts attending class. he starts giving a fuck. he talks to doctors about his adhd and tries to find ways to make school and everything else in the world more bearable. he wants to pass, and to succeed-- he wants to be able to provide for his little girl and give him everything in the world. he wants to be one hell of a dad, and he also wants to make sure that he doesn't leave her too soon in life because he knows that pain and anguish, so he finds himself falling out of drugs and heavy drinking because who fucking knows how long he'd last with that combination.

somewhere along the way, pen and joey fall madly and deeply in love. like it's blatant, but they're both still so young and going through so much that neither one says anything to the other. especially after their daughter is born and they get to see each other with her, it's damn near impossible for their hearts to not explode like confetti balloons. it isn't until one night where penelope leaves the baby with joey and his mom to go out on a date where joey finally snaps and says something. penelope is fucking shook to her core and is torn-- because part of her is ANGRY at him for never saying anything until now, and the other part is so overwhelmed because she feels very much the same way, but it's such a romeo/juliet situation where they shouldn't be together, their families wouldn't want them to be together (except joey's mom would love it), but still. penelope winds up leaving her date early and comes home and lays a big ol' kiss on joey. from then on, they start dating.

joey fucking graduates. he passes high school, mostly through sheer determination and will of wanting to prove something to himself and to penelope and his daughter that anything is possible. penelope graduates with honors as the cheer captain, and she does some corny ass speech at graduation about surprises and good things coming even when you don't expect them. but now there's the conversation of college and life after high school and whether or not it will go well.... WELL!!!

--------------------

imagine a scenario where drew is the teacher at some school, and reby is a freshly single parent. no one really knows why, no one really knows... anything, but they know reby-- she was the prime PTA mom, the one who was involved in everything, was making sure that the school that she paid insane money for covered things that were important. she went from like Thee Mom of the school to coming back after summer vacation just a shell of who she was, and maxel is in mr. gulak's class for the year and :)

reby, as always, trying to go above and beyond-- to provide for the class, to provide for her kids, to make sure that the teacher knows how appreciated she is. so she learns things about him from maxel, and around the holidays, she sends him little hanukkah gifts that let her know how grateful she is that her son is with such a wonderful person. she regularly sends him snacks and things, especially on friday's. making sure that mr. gulak actually ate breakfast, otherwise sending him bagels and coffee. she practically funds all the school field trips without the other parents even having to get involved, partially because she wants the best for her son, but partially because she just wants drew to be able to be the teacher he deserves to be, without any restrictions holding him back.

every time they have a parent-teacher meeting, their conversations will go on for hours. the first time it was interrupted by the next family, but the following time, they made sure to schedule their's as the last for the night and they just stayed and talked and got to know each other and talked and talked and talked. drew went in feeling as though he learned nothing new about reby every time, whereas he exposed everything about himself that he could within reasonable comfort. he could tell she was guarded, and not once did they ever discuss her separation from matt, what had led to her downfall, anything. but amazingly, he was one of the only ones who never asked. even more so, he was the one who didn't really care. he treated her how he would've treated her in any other scenario, as he had in the past when he only knew her as a PTA mom that would burn down the school if it meant making sure her children were taken care of and provided for in the way she so desired.

maxel is what leads to them meeting outside of a school setting, because he's interested in mat wrestling and drew teaches at a local school. little does reby know that when she's taking maxel to this first class, drew will be there. and it's a different drew, it's not the teacher with the nice clothes and the fat ass that's about to bust the buttons on his slacks, but drew in workout gear and relaxed and you can ~ SEE THINGS ~ and she finds herself having to actually leave the facility for a minute to gather her thoughts because he's somehow even hotter??? than she'd ever realized, and he was already REALLY FUCKING HOT. so now, reby's seen him in two wonderful settings, and she gets nailed in the head with a third when she realizes that maxel truly fucking loves learning from him, like so much-- and that maxel outright asked him if he'd be willing to teach him how to play guitar, since mr. gulak had done it before in class. which means a WHOLE 'NOTHER DAY OF THEM BEING TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. maxel knows what he's doing.

drew comes to their house for guitar lessons, and eevee automatically takes to him, when she doesn't take to anybody. she's generally very much Gothic Baby and stands to the side, unimpressed, not sure with anyone, but for some reason, from out the gate, she's absolutely obsessed with him and won't leave him alone. so he'll be there, trying to teach maxel guitar while gothic baby is sitting on the ground right by him looking up at him with so much amazement and love in her eyes. one night, reby offers to make him dinner after giving him his payment (which he asked for fucking nickels and dimes) and drew finally accepts, and they stay up all night talking. the boys and eevee eventually go to bed (eevee fell asleep on drew), but reby and drew stay up all night long talking about everything and anything under the sun. their passions, their loves, their families, and eventually even matt. drew discusses his own exes, his own faults, his own everything-- it's a super deep, super intimate conversation and reby tries to make him stay the night but he's a fucking Gentleman and doesn't do it, but insists that he's able to take her out and get to do this the proper way, the way she deserves.

they go on dates. they fall in love. everything is beautiful and magical and wonderful and a complete perfect fairytale dream. there is no negative. they're absolutely perfect for one another, and they raise her kids as if they're his. they become such perfect, honest, noble little people and eventually, drew proposes and eevee CRIES out of jealousy lmao. their wedding is a complete DIY situation but it's done on the first day of summer vacation because they're both absolutely psychotic. they wind up opening a music school in the same town, one where she teaches piano and drew teaches guitar. they're both insanely involved in the school still. they love each other unconditionally. it's absolutely perfect and a dream and :) amen.