the truth, for once

April 2088. Gwen Palmer is 35. Andreas Tsoukalos is 33.

previously: terrible love // but Gwen miscarried

warnings: miscarriage

You can have everything you deserve if you work hard enough, if you fight for it. The career, the man, the family. Just be smart enough, fierce enough, dedicated enough, sexy enough, and you can have it all.

Except that it’s not true. 

Gwen must have known it wasn’t true or realistic, especially for everyone else. Maybe, deep down, she even knew it wasn’t true for herself. But who cared as long as she was winning? For a long time, she thought she could bend the universe to her will. For a long time, she actually did. 

postcards from your next major crisis

February & March 2088.

*** content warnings: miscarriage, blood

#1: Cora Lawrence is doing just fine, thank you very much


Her life is complete, Cora tells herself. She doesn’t need a man. Especially not one like Luis-Fucking-Talbot. She is twenty-seven years old. Her biological clock is set to silent mode and folded away in her sock drawer. She owns prime real estate in downtown Sierra Nova and an investment portfolio that would impress most people twice her age. She buys fancy coffee and drinks it in silence after doing an hour of yoga at sunrise. This is going to be an incredible day, and Luis Fucking Talbot can go screw half his college campus if he wants to. Cora is filling her cup with zen, and it tastes just fine.

He probably has loads of STDs anyway.

terrible love

February 2088. Gwen Palmer is 35, Andreas Tsoukalos is 33, Luisa is 21 months.

* warnings: domestic/psychological abuse

soundtrack: "Terrible Love" by The National

previously: when Luisa was conceived 

last night…

that fateful summer

This story is less about what's happening now, and more about what happened before. Luisa Palmer is turning one year old today—now let's talk about who she is and how she got here.


Laney Thompson first laid eyes on her Greek dreamboat on an otherwise unassuming Friday night, while out on a bar crawl with her sister. The Greek Dreamboat was Ingrid's name for him, although Laney wouldn't disagree that he was a dreamboat. That he was hers was another question. Laney knew that Andreas never belonged to her even for a moment, and sadly he never would be.

Gwen

age 35

Gwendolyn Rose Palmer, "Gwen"

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born: April 21, 2052 — Taurus

toddler trait: clingy

child aspiration: social, achieved

aspiration 1: fortune, wealth

aspiration 2: popularity, party animal

traits: traits: creative, ambitious, jealous, insider, self-absorbed, uncontrolled emotions, socially gifted, great kisser, lover, mastermind, jester, gregarious

talent: painting & photography

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religion: 

politics: 

loves: being admired, acclaim, being invited to the hottest parties, getting what she wants, prestige, seduction

hates: losing, being told “no”

education: 

career: 

- writer, page two journalist (6), Sierra Sun Magazine, 2085-present

career history: 

- journalist, Sunrise Shores Tribune, 2084-2085

skilled at: 

wanted to be when she was a child: 

orientation: straight

IFS: 1

romance: 

- single

romantic history: 

- Andreas Tsoukalos, October 2084 to April 2088

parents: none local

siblings: none local

children: Luisa Palmer

grandchildren: 

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enemies: 

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health history: 

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