Create a Family With a Twist

[name_f]Christine[/name_f] Aksana Lysenko (22) is another tattoo artist at the body shop and a friend of [name_m]Niccolo[/name_m]. Contrary to [name_m]Niccolo[/name_m], however, [name_f]Christine[/name_f] knows that she wants to pursue being a tattoo artist as a future career. Her only problem is that her parents, who are conservative Belarusian immigrants, have put a lot of pressure on [name_f]Christine[/name_f] to be the ‘perfect daughter’, as her older brother ended up in a career that they deem “lowly”. [name_f]Christine[/name_f] has a myriad of tattoos on her body in strategic places that her parents do not know about.

Christine’s two roommates help her keep her facade of a perfect life up, as they know how overbearing her parents can be. She has two cats, a white persian named Floof and a tuxedo named [name_f]Mamoru[/name_f].

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[name_m]Roman[/name_m] [name_m]Viktor[/name_m] Lysenko (27) is Christine’s laid-back brother with a tendency to break rules. He dated [name_f]Giulia[/name_f] and Niccolo’s sister for a few months but they broke up quickly, though they remain friends. [name_m]Roman[/name_m] used to operate a small marijuana farm behind his garage and sold it on the street but has since cleaned up his act and become a chauffeur which doesn’t pay particularly well but he is trying very hard. He had a teen pregnancy and has a kid now who is almost 13, who he loves dearly. He’s friends with everyone at the tattoo parlor and often gets them into trouble (nothing too serious though). [name_m]Roman[/name_m] hates his parents who he saw as evil but he loves his sister, [name_f]Christine[/name_f], and will support her until the end of time.

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[name_f]Emelina[/name_f] [name_f]Marietta[/name_f] Campos (22) is one of Christine’s roommates and the youngest Campos sibling. She gets along with [name_m]Roman[/name_m] and believes he is a good friend to her oldest sister. She always does her part to help [name_f]Christine[/name_f] get through her parents and convince them she is perfect. The Campos siblings have had toxic parents as well and [name_f]Emelina[/name_f] herself has a confession only few people she talks to know: She actually used to be conservative. She was raised conservative and had those values for a long time, believing her older siblings were being “bad influences” by rebelling against their parents’ beliefs. However she knew everyone deserved to be accepted no matter what their identity is and she was really starting to disdain how her parents were against that. She and the Lysenko siblings used to not get along even though they got along with her other siblings. However [name_f]Christine[/name_f] was able to get [name_f]Emelina[/name_f] out of her mindset of always listening to her toxic parents. [name_f]Emelina[/name_f] knew for a long time she had many liberal values, especially social and fiscal, and just didn’t know how to show them. She and [name_f]Christine[/name_f] have since been very great friends and she credits [name_f]Christine[/name_f] for being able to accept her and understand her because she knew so many other people would not. [name_m]Roman[/name_m] no longer sees her in a toxic light and is pleased that she was able to be who she was meant to be even if it took her longer than the others to do so. [name_f]Emelina[/name_f] always promises to help [name_f]Christine[/name_f] at pleasing her own parents, given her own background and to repay [name_f]Christine[/name_f] for being so kind to her. [name_f]Emelina[/name_f] also supports [name_m]Roman[/name_m] and his child and respects that he is truly a great father despite having his son as a teenager.
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Iseul " [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] " [name_u]Park[/name_u] (20) is the final roommate of [name_f]Christine[/name_f] and [name_f]Emelina[/name_f]. Though her parents aren’t as toxic as the Lysenko parents, [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] understands how parental expectations can thoroughly ruin parent-child relationships. Her own relationship with her parents nearly disintegrated during her high school years, but with communication and some family therapy, [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] can confidently say that she and her parents are now better people. Coming from an immigrant family, she understood why her parents put so much pressure on her to succeed: the suffocation came from a place of love, but it did not make it right. Her parents apologised in their own ways, and [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] did as well. Her parents sometimes deliver homemade food over to the girls’ shared apartment, asking all of Sylvia’s friends if they’re doing alright.

[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] is studying political science and wishes to become a lawyer, but she also is interested in fashion design. She wants to do both, but her parents want her to focus on her future career in law due to the workload, Her father is an international lawyer and simply wants his daughter to not drown in the hard work, but giving up fashion seems to be hard for [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]. Outside of her parental relationships, she’s crushing on a girl in her poli-sci class who just happens to be the top student of the class. Sylvia’s determined to replace her as top student and get her attention.

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(Me shamelessly posting again because I’m addicted to this game)

[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_u]Reed[/name_u] (20) is the girl in [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] Park’s poli-sci class who has a huge crush on [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]. She’s at the top of all her classes as she’s very smart yet she’s really shy and won’t go over and talk to [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] (so, basically, a self insert character). [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] likes her back but she has no idea because as smart as she is she’s really stupid and ignoring all the signs. Her parents are loving and supportive (unlike any other characters in this whole game) of her dreams. [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] hopes to become a lawyer someday, but she’s questioning herself right now and going through an identity crisis. :slight_smile:

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Maturity warning: Abandonment. Death of a twin, specifically one of the characters mentioned below.

Cassidy Willa (23) and Duncan Vic Reed (28 August 1998 - 6 June 2021, aged 22) are Ivy’s adoptive twin siblings, being adopted as teenagers by Ivy’s parents after their own parents didn’t accept them for not adhering to their strict values and kicked them out. The Reed parents have been nothing but supportive of them and can’t understand why someone would kick out their own children. The two of them have been each other’s rock throughout their lives and immediately clicked with Ivy for her warm and fun vibe. Cassidy is lesbian and currently dating a woman who has been nothing but supportive and sweet, also being born in a family of love and acceptance. They have known each other since Cassidy was adopted and dated since they started college. Cassidy is a bartender at the clubs Niccolo loves to visit and is good friends with him, even though she knows he doesn’t drink and she won’t force him. Duncan was less certain of what he wanted but always managed to be smart with his studying and close with everyone he knew. He often motivated Ivy to go do everything she wants and to accept herself even if she doesn’t know what she wants. He had asked out a woman but had been unfortunately rejected, although he said it was still worth it to know. The two often joked with one another about this. He worked at a theme park and enjoyed it although he and his co-worker friends didn’t plan to work there for the rest of their lives. Ivy loves her adoptive siblings and related to them a lot. They are all very into playing board games and video games and were good friendly competitors. The twins hadn’t associated with anyone in their biological family until 2021, when the twins flew on a small plane to visit their cousin, who lives a few time zones away and was also a great person. Unfortunately this plane crashed, killing Duncan and injuring Cassidy and the pilot. Cassidy had to learn to walk again and still walks with a slight limp since the accident.

After Duncan’s death, Cassidy has been shaken up and often got upset. She couldn’t imagine herself as a twinless twin. A year after his death, she’s managed to keep herself more calm with her membership at the local spa. She’s lucky to be alive and tells herself this often. Cassidy and her biological cousin are still close and talk on the phone often, having a few visits as well. She and Ivy have bonded much stronger as now she has been one who doesn’t know what she wants to do and also has the identity crisis. She supports Ivy trying to form a relationship with Sylvia and although her relationship with her girlfriend is strong, she too feels a sense of nervousness that Ivy feels even if it’s not the same. Her girlfriend has been wonderful to her and although they’re dating, Cassidy is afraid to make the next step — proposing.

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underage drinking ment?

[name_m]Haneul[/name_m] [name_m]Lim[/name_m] (22) is Cassidy’s long-term girlfriend, knowing the former and her brother since grade school. While [name_m]Haneul[/name_m] was good friends with [name_m]Duncan[/name_m], she and [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] were best friends until sophomore year of high school, where [name_m]Haneul[/name_m] drunkenly asked [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] out at a party. [name_m]Haneul[/name_m] herself is bisexual, and her parents (who didn’t understand at first but got around to it) accepted her immediately. When [name_m]Haneul[/name_m] brought [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] as her girlfriend over for the first time, her father treated her like any significant other— that is, by giving her a half-joking shovel talk. [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] should know that it was in jest, though, her parents both love [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] as their own daughter.

After the plane crash, [name_m]Haneul[/name_m] and her family worked their hardest to be a great support system for [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u]. Being there for [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] forced [name_m]Haneul[/name_m] to shove her own grief aside, telling herself that she couldn’t break down in front of someone who lost their twin brother. She has her own unprocessed grief, she knows this, but she’d be damned before she told [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] that. While [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] is a bartender, [name_m]Haneul[/name_m] is an indie musician— even dedicating one of her shows to [name_m]Duncan[/name_m].

Unbeknownst to [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u], Haneul’s planning a small EP about her girlfriend, titled for cassidy.

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Silja Brigit Árnadóttir (22) is another longterm friend of Haneul and Cassidy, although she’s a little closer to the former. Working in the fashion industry, Silja’s a styling assistant to an established designer who gets outfits ready for shoots, and is absolutely in her element doing this. She has a good relationship with the models she works with and is befriending a few of them, but always makes sure she isn’t neglecting Haneul and Cassidy thanks to the longstanding connection the three have shared. Silja met them after being accepted on an exchange scholarship programme when she was fifteen, coming over from Kópavogur to study as an international student as part of a new agreement their high school had in place with an adjacent Icelandic one. She’s usually flitting between the two countries as her older sister welcomed her first child 6 months ago and Silja absolutely adores her nephew, who she’s constantly showing pictures of and sharing stories about with Cassidy and Haneul. In the wake of the tragedy she took it upon herself to spend time with the couple one-on-one so they could open up, and this is how Haneul has come to confide in her.

Possessing a driven spirit coupled with a mostly optimistic attitude, Silja considers it a responsibility to hype up her friends and help them see their own talents. She’s very supportive of Haneul’s music and thinks her tribute to Duncan is incredibly thoughtful - as admittedly, he and Silja were more friendly acquaintances than actual friends themselves - and has helped Cassidy in accessing therapy as she knows it’s a big ask of Hanuel, never mind what her friends’ family are going through. Silja lost her father when she was six but considers this very different as he was terminally ill, and there was time for her and her siblings to prepare for mourning, while Duncan’s family had to go through a tremendous shock. Her older brother works as a therapist, although he specialises in working with children, and has given her some advice to pass onto the Reed and Lim families. As the baby of her own sibset, Silja attributes her wild energy to the brunt of responsibilities falling on her siblings shoulders - but she’ll also credit them, especially as her brother is planning his wedding right now and the amount of detail terrifies her. She herself is asexual and while not opposed to dating, feels her career and family are more important now than looking for a partner, never mind the friends who mean the world to her. Get her a good coffee though and you’ve earned her loyalty for life as caffeine is her greatest weakness.

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Warning for homophobia.

Also this isn’t a warning but I love [name_f]Iceland[/name_f] and I always will, so happy to make an Icelandic character! :iceland:

[name_m]Birkir[/name_m] Ólafur Árnadóttir (28) is Silja’s older brother and oldest sibling. He too is a coffee lover but a firm defender to employees and despises when customers are rude to baristas or other employees. He and [name_f]Silja[/name_f] are super close and he loves her sense of style and how proud she is in presenting herself. He has enjoyed being a therapist for children, his inspiration to get into mentoring people came from his best friend. She is openly lesbian and also has a twin brother who isn’t in contact with her, although he is alive. Her twin brother cut her off after announcing she was lesbian. While she has never referred herself as a “twinless twin”, her estranged brother has. [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] barely knows her but supports her given that she and [name_m]Duncan[/name_m] were abandoned by their birth parents for their liberated views and since [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u] was lesbian. People believed [name_m]Birkir[/name_m] and his friend were going to date but that changed when she came out as lesbian, which he has always openly supported. However, he has met his fiancée through this friend and the two are inseparably in love. They love to visit the coffee shop they had their first date at and have never stopped going there. He and his fiancée are planning their wedding at the time and have made some precise arrangements to make a perfect wedding on their budget. [name_f]Silja[/name_f] playfully jokes that the wedding planning is so detailed and [name_m]Birkir[/name_m] playfully jokes back that her fashion is as well. He doesn’t know too much about [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_u]Reed[/name_u] and [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_u]Park[/name_u] but is hoping for the best for them, even if it’s a small coffee shop date like theirs. He gets along with [name_m]Roman[/name_m] a lot too even though [name_m]Birkir[/name_m] isn’t a father although he plans to have children someday. He is a pen pal and mentor to the Lysenko family, along with Roman’s child, who always likes to chat with him often. [name_m]Birkir[/name_m] misses his own late father and keeps all his traditions alive as well as crediting him for his own interest in future fatherhood. Another motivation for this is he and Silja’s sister, who has become a mother to a 6-month-old.

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Katrin Ilse Arnadottir is Silja’s sister living in Iceland. Though not in America she’s very involved with her siblings’ lives and has a great deal of anxiety- she knows about the Duncan Reed incident and hates when her siblings don’t text back while flying to Iceland but loves having them visit. She’s been penpalling with a lot of people in America in an effort to keep up with her sister and seem “relevant” as she fears Silja sees her as uncool. Katrin is in a long term relationship with someone and is absolutely in love with them. Their six month old child loves whenever Silja visits and absolutely adores her, seeing her as a role model. Katrin works at a school as a teachers aide for a kindergarten class which is perfect for her because she loves children. She’s also very affected by her fathers death but she doesn’t show it as much as her brother because she wants to ‘be strong for him.’ She often cries in her room but tries to keep it quiet. Sometimes she can’t keep it quiet, so her partner wakes up and comforts her. She’s very grateful to have them.

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[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m] ’ [name_u]Leo[/name_u] ’ [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] Kolmarsson (27) is Katrin’s partner and the father of their 6-month-old son, who he loves dearly. [name_u]Leo[/name_u] grew up living between [name_f]Iceland[/name_f] and the UK, following his parents’ divorce when he and his brother were 10 (Leo) and 6 (his brother) respectively, but they ended up mostly being raised in [name_u]Bristol[/name_u] by their mum, as she was awarded primary custody. Although the early years post split were rough, Leo’s parents managed to improve their relationship by the time he was 14 and now have a solid friendship, with his dad offering to help [name_u]Leo[/name_u] afford attendance of the University of [name_f]Iceland[/name_f], which is where he met [name_f]Katrin[/name_f]. [name_u]Leo[/name_u] was studying geology, the field he still works in, having a strong desire to help protect the environment by understanding its makeup and also appreciating its unique components.

Originally he planned on returning to [name_u]Bristol[/name_u] following finishing his studies but his connection with [name_f]Katrin[/name_f] proved so profound he instead opted to move in with his dad, future stepmum and eventual stepsister while finding a job in his chosen field - however he ended up becoming an archivist for several years and got an apartment where he and [name_f]Katrin[/name_f] built their first home together. The move was also influenced by the rocky start Leo’s stepsister had with the rest of the family, as she was very possessive of her mother and disliked how he and his brother bonded with the woman, not understanding there was no intent on replacing her as she’s 11 years Leo’s junior and at 9, understandably wasn’t the most mature. She’s now the main babysitter of he and Katrin’s son when the couple have a date night - not a common occurrence thanks to how much they adore being parents.

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[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Bjorn[/name_m] (Theo) Kolmarsson is the six month old son of [name_f]Katrin[/name_f] and [name_u]Leo[/name_u]. He was born on [name_u]December[/name_u] 1st, 2021 and is quickly approaching his seven month mark. He loves it when [name_f]Silja[/name_f] visits him. He also loves his step-aunt, Leo’s stepsister, his occasional babysitter. His parents absolutely adore him and he is the light of their lives, both of their lives. [name_f]Katrin[/name_f] often sews and knits custom clothes for him, which he never objects to wearing. Interestingly, he hates the cold, which is ironic considering he lives in [name_f]Iceland[/name_f].

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Chanachai " [name_u]Chai[/name_u] " Parnthong (20) works at the daycare [name_u]Theo[/name_u] stays in. She’s a part-time worker as she’s also a college student, studying visual art. [name_u]Chai[/name_u] is the eldest of six— two sisters and three brothers— and finds childcare somewhat easy. [name_u]Chai[/name_u] and her siblings are the children of Thai immigrants who went abroad for a better life. Her parents are very understanding and encourage her and her siblings to pursue their dreams. Her dad swears that she’s gonna be in the MoMA someday and her mother already calls her ‘better than [name_u]Van[/name_u] Gogh’, which embarrasses her but she knows it’s all out of love.

[name_u]Chai[/name_u] lives with two of her friends whom happen to be dating. She hopes to move out soon, as being the live-in third wheel isn’t the best and she caught one of them cheating on the other. Chai’s talked about this situation with some of her other friends, and they’ve encouraged her to tell the other partner, but she’s afraid of rocking their living situation at the moment.

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[name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] [name_m]Matthias[/name_m] Stefansson (23) is the roommate of [name_u]Chai[/name_u]. He’s friends with [name_u]Leo[/name_u] and enjoys talking to him on a daily basis, and is also pretty good friends with [name_f]Katrin[/name_f]. He loves [name_u]Theo[/name_u] and thinks he’s adorable. [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] is desperately in love with his partner, who he knows is cheating on him but has decided not to confront them about it because he’s very insecure and feels like he’ll never find anyone better than them. He came from a family in which his sister was favored over him and he was always manipulated and made to feel worthless, so he doesn’t have the courage to break up with his current partner, unfortunately. He is currently studying at the University of [name_f]Iceland[/name_f] to become a psychologist. His dream job is to help people with their struggles and be supportive for them in hard times, sort of to fill a void within himself. He doesn’t know that [name_u]Chai[/name_u] knows about the cheating situation and he would never tell her because a) he gets uncomfortable talking about his problems with others and b) he wouldn’t want to hurt her or make her uncomfortable. Whenever [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] gets close to someone he will love and support them unconditionally and he sees [name_u]Chai[/name_u] as a little sister. He currently runs a side job as a retailer to help pay the bills of their small flat and to pay off student loan debt (though he lives in [name_f]Iceland[/name_f] so it’s hopefully not as bad as US lol). [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] has a peculiar love for plants and a knack for growing them, and his apartment is stocked to the brim with growing vines and flowers. He often brings his partner home a little bouquet of flowers but they will often throw them out or let them wilt. [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] remains in love with them, though…

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tw: cheating

[name_u]Tyler[/name_u] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] Macinday (22) is Gunnar’s boyfriend and the third roommate whose cheating wss uncovered by [name_u]Chai[/name_u]. [name_u]An[/name_u] international student, Tyler’s decision to study away from the small town in [name_u]Texas[/name_u] where he grew up surprised no-one, as his flightiness was second in infamy only to his habitual cheating - a pattern that ended all of his relationships, apart from those where his partner ended things before the betrayal occurred. Affairs were normalised in Tyler’s home as his father engaged in a long-term one with a work colleague that produced his younger half-sisters, one of whom is only two months older than Tyler’s own full-blood brother. He knew his parents only stayed together for financial security but the shame his mom suffered was never picked up on by him, which is somewhat ironic as she and his brother are the only people [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] expresses sincere affection for - with his dad thinking [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] never developed enough interest in the family business (a sporting goods store), putting them at odds in spite of how much he impacted on his eldest child.

The relationship with [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] began as they’re both studying psychology and Tyler’s incredible charisma made him very popular on the course, helped by the fact his past was unknown by his peers. Gunnar’s devotion and affection seemed to be everything [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] ever wanted initially, longing for companionship, but inevitably he grew bored and began to lean back into his old ways. Some would argue the lack of stability [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] influenced himself - and how his father’s affair was characterised by excitement, fun and escapism - causes him to never appreciate sincerely loyal and loving partners who offer him stability, as he’s always looking for the next best thing. While he’s a tremendously fun and surprisingly attentive friend, his loyalty to [name_u]Chai[/name_u] rang more genuinely as he never saw her through the disposable lens of his romantic partners, and the fact she didn’t just shrug off his cheating upset [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] more than his cruel actions towards [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] as he wanted to maintain his relationship with her more.

Thanks to how the cheating recently became known on campus - after the guy [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] had been hooking up with drunkenly confessed his indiscretions on a night out with numerous friends - he’s experienced a dramatic fall from grace: his greatest fear upon deciding to attend the University of [name_f]Iceland[/name_f]. This may be what spares [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] from more mistreatment and pain though, as Tyler’s planning on moving home once he graduates now people see him for the selfish, dishonest and remorseless person he’s grown up to be, with no plans on retaining contact. At this point in time [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] has no intention on changing - he merely wanted to hide from his past - but maybe facing his mom (after insisting he was completely in love and determined to stay in [name_f]Iceland[/name_f] with Gunnar…before he cheated) and explaining himself could finally bring about some changes.

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Titania “ Tina ” Amber Newliss (22) is a fellow psychology student and good friends with Chai, Tyler, and Gunnar; although she is not their roommate. She was an American exchange scholarship student at 15, coming from the same programme partnered with Silja’s school at the time. Tina is Aura’s younger sister and the two of them talk a lot and secretly the reason Tina wanted to go to Iceland was to escape her grandfather. However she’s grown to like the culture and the people and agrees with Gunnar that it was better that student loan debt in the U.S., so she stayed in Iceland for university. That doesn’t mean Tina is forgetting her U.S. history, and has called the cheating scandal Tynnargate after Tyler and Gunnar‘s couple name and Watergate. Tina is a naturally close individual so she doesn’t know what to directly say about the cheating scandal and none of them know she coined the Tynnargate term even though they know she says it. As a teen, Tina used to date a guy who was also in the exchange programme, but left him when she found out he had a girlfriend back home. She is currently single and has come out as bisexual. She and Tyler’s half-sister have contacted before but they had a rocky relationship, sometimes getting along and sometimes not, until deciding it would be better to stay out of each other’s ways. She and Chai are good friends and she knows Chai means well when she’s afraid to discuss the cheating scandal, seeing that she’s close with all of them and hates to see best friends fight. Still, she finds it unfair to Gunnar and feels he doesn’t get enough credit for what he does, especially with his plant caretaking, which she helps him with. She doesn’t want Tyler’s mother to feel any worse about him cheating on Gunnar so she doesn’t try to contact her in any way.

Aura was created by @I_meme_it

Silja was created by @kitkatcookie

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[name_f]Liliwen[/name_f] ’ [name_f]Leila[/name_f] ’ [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] Hartgrove (21) is Tina’s acquaintance and Tyler’s paternal half-sister - a fact that’s common knowledge in the community of Pinewest, [name_u]Texas[/name_u], even if it’s mostly regulated to gossip. In spite of her father having been identified when she was only 2, [name_f]Leila[/name_f] and her younger sister have always used their mothers’ surname, feeling much closer to her in spite of not always understanding her infatuation with the semi-infamous [name_m]Steven[/name_m] Macinday. Leila’s never had anything you could call a relationship with him: a combination of personal choice and the fact after her little sister was born, their mom finally ended things with him, realising he’d never leave his long-suffering wife, which prompted [name_m]Steven[/name_m] to rescind on his promise of publically claiming the girls’ as his own.

To avoid the humiliation and awkwardness of attending school in the year group below her older half-brother, [name_f]Leila[/name_f] studied at the next town over and deliberately kept away from [name_u]Tyler[/name_u], who she feared would confront her based on his confidence. Due to her insecurities she can seem a little cold and standoffish, taking a long time to warm up to people; which is why [name_f]Tina[/name_f] Newliss struggled with her during their time as friends’, as [name_f]Leila[/name_f] never managed to really open up and display her empathy, loyalty and understanding nature - becoming defensive if [name_f]Tina[/name_f] tried to bond by asking more personal questions.

They met attending a popular summer camp for would-be cheerleaders, something [name_f]Leila[/name_f] pursued and succeeded at in high school, however right now she’s actually interning at a fashion magazine - assisting with hair and makeup as well as editing photographs. She opted against university thanks to the anxiety she faces when going into a new academic environment - partially because of her background and the way people respond to how she feels about her mom, often expecting [name_f]Leila[/name_f] to cut her off because of her long-standing affair. Through the small town grapevine [name_f]Leila[/name_f] has become aware that [name_f]Tina[/name_f] knows Tyler’s current unfortunate boyfriend and truthfully felt a little betrayed about [name_f]Tina[/name_f] befriending the half-brother she’s gone out of her way to avoid.

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[name_m]Magnus[/name_m] [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] Petersson is a student also studying psychology with [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] and [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m]. He met [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] in one of his classes and was determined to catch the attention of the ‘hot American boy.’ He became infatuated with [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] for a short period of time and finally gathered the courage to go up to him. Much to his surprise, [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] responded to him and they formed a strong emotional connection. He became friends with [name_f]Leila[/name_f] through [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] and they often ended up sending letters back and forth. He was never notified of Gunnar’s existence because nobody felt the need to explain it to him and they never ended up meeting, despite both being close to [name_u]Tyler[/name_u]. [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] soon got over his obsession and was perfectly content to be a friend to [name_u]Tyler[/name_u], as there were many more ‘hot Americans’ available. He even developed a crush on [name_f]Leila[/name_f] for a short period of time but ended up trying to forget it. When [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] cheated on [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] with [name_m]Magnus[/name_m], they were both drunk after a college party. After this incident, [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] and [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] became much closer and ended up dating…while [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] was dating [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m]. Sometimes [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] would find wilted bouquets of wildflowers on Tyler’s nightstand but thought nothing of it- until he learned of Gunnar’s existence. He soon wrote to [name_f]Leila[/name_f] about [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] and she replied that he was Tyler’s boyfriend- [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] was shocked, as [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] didn’t seem like the cheating type. Then she explained the abuse between her parents and the effects which were still in action. [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] felt awful for being a cheater, and soon broke off the relationship as [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] was involved with someone else, but [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] quickly moved onto the next side-boy to cheat with. [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] has tried to move on but it’s been hard for him.

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Elvar Andri Petersson (23) is Magnus’s older brother. He’s warned Magnus to stay away but relented since it was Magnus’s choice and also because he was unaware of Gunnar, although he had heard the term Tynnargate floating around their school before knowing what it meant. He too has written to Leila and they’re friendly acquaintances, the distance being a big reason why they’re not closer. Elvar has already graduated and feels he doesn’t need to go back to drama, so he stays out. He tends to not trust anyone and considers Tyler untrustworthy, having a gut instinct of who is and isn’t trustworthy before knowing them. He is a teacher’s aide for a kindergarten class, but for a different kindergarten teacher than Katrin, however they work at the same school and are close friends for this. He’s glad Katrin is in a solid relationship with Leo and wishes Magnus could find a better partner but Magnus reminds him that Elvar isn’t in any relationship at all. Elvar is trying to make things better for them as brothers and knows people who would be better matches for Magnus, but at the same time, thinks Magnus needs time being single for a while.

Katrin was created by @wandering_willow.

Leo was created by @I_meme_it.

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[name_f]Margret[/name_f] [name_f]Ingibjörg[/name_f] Jonsdóttir is another aide in [name_m]Elvar[/name_m] Petersson’s class of kindergarteners. She helps out with a special needs student in the class. Her and [name_m]Elvar[/name_m] are very close friends but she isn’t interested in him romantically, though many people will assume that. She knows about the Tynnargate situation (authors note: Tynnargate is hilarious I almost crapped myself laughing about it), but only minor details from [name_m]Elvar[/name_m], and she doesn’t care too much about college kids’ drama as she has much more problems going on in her own life. Her parents are very toxic and dislike some of her life choices, which led to her hating herself for a very short period of time. She also went to University of [name_f]Iceland[/name_f], but she studied education and not psychology. She wishes [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] the best though she doesn’t know him or much about his situation. She lives in a small apartment with the two people she is dating- they are not dating each other but they’re close friends. [name_f]Margret[/name_f] enjoys going on long hikes with her partners, painting and spending time with the kindergarteners in her school. She’s also good friends with [name_f]Katrin[/name_f] and has met [name_u]Theo[/name_u]. [name_f]Margret[/name_f] and [name_f]Katrin[/name_f] are childhood friends and [name_f]Margret[/name_f] is Theo’s unofficial godmother. [name_f]Margret[/name_f] also enjoys sewing, knitting etc. and made [name_u]Theo[/name_u] a tiny stuffed animal- a big fluffy dog which he adores. [name_f]Margret[/name_f] has a child herself and is pregnant with another but hopes to have more as she’s always dreamed of a big family.

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