sunny & zachary popwell / BIOGRAPHY.
tw: mention of car crash / death + pill addiction.
zachary popwell was born a year before his sister, sunny, was born. they are the children of luna mckinney, at the time, a 21 year old nursing student, and steve popwell, at the time, a 23 year old law student, who had been together since high-school. despite their hectic and overwhelming career paths, the two somehow managed to make their little family work with the help of nannies. growing up, they have a relatively normal life. zac and sunny were attached to the hip, which made sense considering their parents were barely around. their parents weren’t bad parents, they tried their best to be around as often as they could despite their workaholic tendencies. despite being joint together, the siblings of course had their difference. while sunny lived up to her name, a radiant energy with a bubbly personality, zac was a little of a troublemaker. some would say his acting out was a cry for attention. the two intended lakehurst, where the two were fairly popular with their classmates.
things were okay for awhile. until sunny’s 13th birthday party. the popwell family went to their favorite restaurant, where she received gifts and zac ate more cake than he should. on the way home, the two kids were in the backseat goofing around, and in a moment where her driving father turned to scold them, a drunk driver had took the wrong turn and crashed into their car. this resulted in the lost of steve popwell, who died on impact, and the fatal injuries of luna popwell, that lead her to be in a coma.
sunny and zac move in with their maternal grandparents, and soon transfer to degrassi when sunny was entering her sophmore year and zac was entering his junior.
bulletpoint notes.
zac suffered injuries as well in the crash due to him not wearing a seat-belt. he was left with a broken back, which would soon be the reason for his pain-killer addiction that goes on until he nearly overdoses when he’s in his senior year.
sunny suffers through ptsd from the crash, and often pretends her father and mother are still there, living in a fantasy land and refusing to accept it until she finally receives therapy for it
zac becomes a paramedic after graduation and sunny becomes a veterinarian.
luna wakes up from her coma a year after sunny graduates high-school, so yay for happy endings ??
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