round 2088-2090

* timeline spanning Summer 2088 through August 2090

[previous round]

2088

why are you here? (a boxes and squares prequel short story)

-- #1: birthday cake (January 2088)

-- #2: little sparks catch fire, too (March-May 2088)

-- #3: a cage left open (June 2088)

-- #4: go, go, go (June 2088)

my sweetheart stories: June - September 2088 (aka, B&S book 1)

my sweetheart #1: it wasn’t funny after all (Justin)

my sweetheart #2: this wanderer is not lost (Jordan)

my sweetheart #3: feral (Jordan, Ingrid, Maria)
my sweetheart #4: someone else’s wedding (Maria)

my sweetheart #5: the rocket man (Keri)

my sweetheart #6: carve our names in a heart on a tree (Justin & Stephanie)

my sweetheart #7: don’t be sorry (Jordan)

my sweetheart #8: the honeymoon (Justin & Stephanie)

my sweetheart #9: uprooted (Jordan)

my sweetheart #10: call it what you want (Jordan, Ingrid, Maria)

September:
intermission: a rebel yell, Ingrid's version

boxes and squares #1: go your own way (Jordan, Ingrid)

boxes and squares #2: this is not that story again (Ingrid)

October:
boxes and squares #3: what dreams? (Maria, Jordan)

intermission: when time runs out (Jack, Micah)

postcards from grad school (various)

boxes and squares #4.0: the boys (Jordan, Colette, Mick)

boxes and squares #4.1: first fall apart (Jordan, Maria, Colette)

boxes and squares #4.2: then have some faith (Maria, Milo, Jordan)

boxes and squares #4.3: then fall in love (Jordan, Jack, Nessa, Maria)

boxes and squares #4.4: now know the answer (Jordan, Maria)

boxes and squares #4.5: home is wherever you are, part 1 (Jordan, Maria)

boxes and squares #4.5: home is wherever you are, part 2 (Jordan, Maria, Felix, Milo, Lou)

boxes and squares #4.5: home is wherever you are, part 3 (Maria, Stephanie, Lou)

November:
look how they shine, Akiyama/McCarthy family update

boxes and squares, book 5: November 2088
-- #5.1: live the fairytale

-- #5.2: come down from the clouds, part 1

-- #5.2: come down from the clouds, part 2

-- #5.3: hindsight is a bitch

-- #5.4: kill the fairytale

-- #5.5: fuck you, thank you

October - December 2088

intermission: a moment of silence for the fallen (Ingrid)

December: 

November-January postcards

Christmas -- Nova family

NYE 2089

end of round summary: 2086-2088

How about the 2-year round that took 6.5 real life years to write!? 

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Too many sims with too many beefy stories. 

Also, so much going on in my family and life, including that I had a whole new baby that has since grown into a whole giant preschooler. 

Also, Covid happened. 

The whole world literally changed during the writing of round 2086, lol!