what you deserve (SNU & DAC, spring 2088)

Sierra Nova University and Dresden Arts College

Spring, 2088

*** warnings: abortion vs. pro-lifers


It was weird, Melissa now realized, how little she actually worried about the possibility of this happening. Melissa was a good girl, mostly. Daydreamy and whimsical, sure, but always headed in the right direction. She didn’t sleep around that much. She took her birth control pills. She asked her partners to wear condoms, too. And still?

It seemed wrong. It seemed unfair. It seemed like her pills had a manufacturing error or an incompatibility with some rogue herbal tea. It seemed like it should be absolutely anything but the biggest mistake of her life. 

Because, oops? Just like that? Oops, there went her plans. Like, oops, she dropped her phone in the toilet. That’s an oops. This was more than an oops. 

it's your day: Riley (and Patrick)

November 29, 2086. Riley Hathe and Patrick Nova are 36. (Chad is 35, Lara is 33, Liza is 17, Shaun is 9, Raine is 8, Skye is 4.)


The move out west for the Hathe and Phoenix families came quicker than any of them were ready for. Chad and Hayden had a meeting with their lawyer in Catalina to claim that legendary business grant, and to establish their new gaming start-up partnership. It was a good thing these two have been best buddies since they were sixteen—they were about to marry two entire family net worths into this business. They both had property to sell back home in Lakeside Heights, and they co-signed on a business loan to cover what the grant left over.

At least they were taking it seriously. Maybe more seriously than they'd ever taken anything in their lives, including their combined three marriages and six children.

life off-camera: Riley & Chad

Previously with the Hathe family (time in sim-years): Chad started his first arcade (8 years ago), Riley's shelter that Chad never really liked (4 years ago), Chad's rad vest and Liza's first date (3 years ago),  that time Riley was a little bit snippy with Stephanie (3 years ago).

I have been sitting on a story for two weeks now, going back and forth, trying to decide what to do with a particular nugget of Riley and Chad's history. It's a problematic nugget because it happened three years ago, right about the time the LH blog ended, actually. It's over and done with now, but that doesn't mean it's not still part of their lives. Even so, it will only amount to about a line or two of their next chapter. So I wanted to put this out here, because I figure people might read it and be like, "What?!? When did that happen?" lol!

As sims, this is a true story. It's true for them as characters, too, because you know how we sometimes exit without saving because we don't want to commit something to their "real" story. Well, that's not what happened here. I committed this event to their story both as sims and as characters.

Riley

Riley Sienna (Nova) Hathe

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age: 36
born: November 29, 2049 — Sagittarius

toddler trait:
child aspiration:
aspiration 1: nature, the curator
aspiration 2: family, successful lineage
aspiration 3: pets?
traits: frigid, insensitive, serious, loner, collector, vegetarian, (loves animals)
MBTI:

religion:
politics:

loves:
hates:

education:
- Lakeside Heights High School, class of 2068
career:
- unemployed
career history:
- Bluewater Animal Shelter, owner: 2076-2085
skilled at:
- cooking 4, parenting 4, fitness 4, logic 4, writing 3, handiness 3

wanted to be when she was a child:

orientation: straight
IFS: 2

romance:
- Chad Hathe, married October 2069
romantic history:

parents: Trista and Jeremy Nova
siblings: Patrick Nova (twin), Stephanie Nova (half)
children: Liza Hathe, Shaun Hathe
grandchildren: --
friendships:
enemies:

DNA: skin shade #3 // hair, brown // eyes, gray // adult height, 5'8"
weight: + 14.9
fitness: - 33.0

health history:
- tubal ligation, November 2083

legal history: