OOC | Adam & Emma
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LKJALFJALFJLkj <333333 (she def does not see it that way ;DD)
okay so Emma loves Adam SO MUCH!!!! and like idk exactly what happened with his dad, but however badly things ended there, Emma would do it all again in a heartbeat b/c it meant she’d have Adam, you know? And I do think she struggled a lot w/ regards to his dad b/c I think she’s just someone who likes to fix things and sees the best in people and I just think that she really wanted it to all work out with the three of them. And I’m not sure what kind of person he was, exactly (I mean obviously an asshole but idk much beyond that????), but I def think she loved him despite his flaws and idk really wanted to help him be a better person and tried for years and kinda broke up and got back to together with him a couple of times b/f she realized that he was never going to change and yeah. I really think she regrets that, though.
Also, I think she worries a lot about Adam and she kinda feels like she failed in him a lot of ways??? Like he’s 24 and he doesn’t have a real job and doesn’t have a real apartment (i mean he’s living in a tugboat <33) and like she knows he’s this brilliant kid who could do so much better and she’s wondering if she screwed up somehow along the line … I mean, at the same time, if Adam is happy with his life the way it is, then she’s fine with it, but I’m not sure she knows if he is or not??? like she just wants the best for him okay like he deserves all the happiness in the world and she just wants to give it to him!!!!!
Ok so I don’t even really know where to start w Adam’s feelings (I mean as a rule I could def just end the sentence there ;DDD) about his mom, but she is honestly his favorite person on earth and he’d honestly do just about anything to make her happy including but not limited to murder but short of actually being nice to people ;DDDDD
He’s seen his mom be taken in so many times (s/o to his dad) and all that and I think he feels v protective of her as a result but there’s also been a lot of cynicism coming from that, I think? I feel like he’s seen his mom determined to see the best in ppl and he’s seen that crash and burn (again, s/o to his dad) and so his take away from that was mostly just “ppl are terrible, don’t trust ‘em” basically?????? And he feels kinda like his mom is vulnerable and trusting and he has to be her shield to keep bad things from happening, bc he can see what she can’t (when in fact she can see what he can’t HAHAHAHA I love/hate irony heLP). And like I mean he has a point in that case but he def took that idea and ran with it...like, ran right across oceans all the way to australia w it ;DDDDD (Oh! I was also wondering if he would have had any contact with any other family members? Aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc?)
I also frankly do think the fluctuating nature of his parents’ relationship did kinda mess with him bc yknow I think the first time she was like ‘daddy’s coming back and it’s gonna be different this time’ or whatever and he was like ‘ok cool mom’ but then it wasn’t????? and he was like ‘ok that’s the end of it’ but then he later came back agAIN and Adam got to watch how miserable his dad made Emma and I think he really learned to hate his dad and honestly the last time she said she was taking him back, Adam got angry and was like ‘yeah good luck with that’ and slammed the door and left for awhile to blow off some steam Like honestly his dad could be fairly mediocre and not ~that bad I’m not saying he’s the worst thing ever, just he wasn’t good enough for his mom. Adam has seen all she’s had to sacrifice and give up and work so hard and he believes she deserves the world so anyone who would ever hurt her in any way is human garbage as far as Adam’s concerned, if that makes sense??? Esp repeatedly hurt her????
Ummm, I think Gabby already established it is ~not a tugboat ;DDDDD No, but honestly I totally get why she’s not sure if he’s really happy w his life bc...frankly he’s not sure either????? But that being said, I think he’s aware on some level that Emma is ~worried about him and I think that’s honestly part of why he’s so determined to keep the apartment, instead of Stella, bc he wants to put his mom at ease. Like honestly, the last thing in the world he ever wants to do is make her sad or ill at ease or anything at all, so he’s out to kind of ~prove to her that he’s doing well and well adjusted which...well...Adam: LOOK A SQUIRREL
*four paragraphs later* so that’s...yeah...maybe helpful????
