𝕡 𝕖 𝕣 𝕗 𝕖 𝕔 𝕥

lucia cortez-smith, thirty-one, wife, mother of four

[stepfordwiife]

darcypalmer‌:

Darcy never looked at Lucia in that kind of manner, but objectively speaking she could understand what she meant when she said that her wife liked her in them. She was an attractive woman and those heels highlighted her legs and made her body look even better so she couldn’t fault her wife for it. And she could understand Lucia’s side too, as she remembered the ridiculous clothing she occasionally wore because Vivien thought they look good on—no, this was not the time to think about her, and Darcy pushed the woman’s memory aside. “I so knew you were going to say that,” she nudged her friend in the side teasingly.

“Five kids! You always wanted five kids, and now you are having five!” Darcy said excitedly as she was hugging her friend, and then what she was saying really hit her. She pulled away. “Five kids, Lucia! Holy—“ but she stopped herself this time, ducking and shaking her head. “Nope, not swearing again, the kids won’t be learning these words from me just yet. But are you—that is gonna be huge, aren’t you terrified?” She couldn’t imagine how hard it must have been for Lucia already. She knew some bits of it, when Lucia needed to talk it out with her, but she was certain she couldn’t even imagine the extent of her job.

Her eyes widened a bit when she realized she was the first to know. “Are you serious? I thought you would have told her before you told me. This is so sweet, I am honored.” She tilted her head to the side for a second. “Do you have any ideas about how you want to tell her? I could help you come up with something cheesy if you want to.”

“if these heels keep the spark in my relationship, they stay on my feet.” she joked and winked, finding it very important that her relationship with her wife to stay exciting and whatever worked, worked.

she looked at all the emotions her friend went through and laughed, kind of feeling the same things but knowing that she wouldn’t show that all too much. she couldn’t doubt, she couldn’t be not excited. she wanted this, they both wanted this and she should be fully exited. she was to a certain extent. she sighed and sat down on the couch. “i am quite scared.” she said as she leaned forward to put matilda in her lap, as the girl clearly wanted some cuddles. “i mean, i always am. births aren’t fun and the recovery isn’t great either.” she winced. “but i mean, i’ve managed before. it just comes down to organization and white knuckling it sometimes;” she assured her friend, even though she wasn’t looking forward to it. emmett was sleeping through the night and now, this baby would wake her up every few hours again, the breastfeeding, the other kids and her wife on top of that. “i’ll be alright.” she told her with a brave smile. “we both wanted this.” she assured her friend.

“and yeah, she’s been so busy. i just didn’t know when to tell her. just telling her when she came to bed seems so anticlimactic.” she explained. “but i mean i did the onesie with ‘hello mama’ and the cup of coffee with at the bottom ‘there’s another one on the way.’. i need something new and i think i have only two more weeks before she’ll notice.” she explained, rubbing her tummy before matilda climbed off her lap again to join her brothers.

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[stepfordwiife]

darcypalmer‌:

Darcy grinned up at Lucia at her comment. “Of course I spoil them, how could I not?” They were really good kids. Lucia and her wife adopted the first two around the time when Darcy moved into Sunnymead and since she became friends with Lucia relatively quickly, she saw them grow up since they were the tiniest babies. While Lucia grew into the badass mom, she grew into her new role as a diner owner and overall completely new person. The kids were lovely, and her admiration for Lucia grew even more with each kid added to their family. She truly was one of those super moms. Her gaze flickered down onto the heels Lucia was just kicking off. “I have no idea how you survive in them.” She couldn’t survive in them for sure. Heels were never her thing, but since she had to stand and run around for a longer period of time in the diner, heels were mostly off the table. “My offer still stands, though – just point at any of my flats and it’s yours,” she offered, even though she was almost 100% certain Lucia wouldn’t accept her offer.

Darcy just chuckled at Lucia’s comment at the kids. She wondered for a second if she would send them right now to wash their hands – it would have been something Lucia would do, even if it would have been pointless at this point, since most of the cookies were gone by the time they caught up to the kids – but then she decided against it. It took her a few moments to truly understand Lucia’s reply. For a few seconds it sounded just like a simple really happy reply, and then her brain connected the dots – the hand on Lucia’s stomach, the goofy grin on her face, the eyebrow raise, and she couldn’t restrict herself, the words “Holy shit” slipped out of her mouth. She quickly slapped her hand over her mouth, muttering sorry to Lucia, because she usually tried to be good and not curse in front of the kids, but she was also grinning like an idiot. “Oh My Gosh, are you really? Are you really pregnant? Lucia that is amazing!” she squeaked in excitement and moved in to hug her friend.

she grinned. “well, my wife does like me in them. that is a plus.” she said with a big smile. that is mostly why she wore them, for the off chance her wife would come by or if she came home early in the evening. she liked how the other woman’s eyes enjoyed her view and well, that is why she had them on - always. she aimed to please. “and flats are only for extreme circumstances in which i cannot wear heels.” which in her case were generally pregnancy, a severe illness or having just given birth. that was it. the rest of the time, she was in those monsters of shoes.

as she watched realization down on darcy’s face, she chuckled happily at her swearing and hugged her back tightly. “thank you.” she said, laughing softly and smiled. “number five is on their way.” she said as she pulled back and moved her hand over her already forming bump. “i’m already sort of showing. the doctor assured me it’s not twins - thank god - but because it’s my third pregnancy, it all happens a bit faster.” she told her and beamed - she was that happy. she really was. sure, she was terrified but she had wanted this. five children had always been her dream. “also... you’re the first to know, aside from the doctor.” she said, her voice high and squeaky as she felt quite bad about that. “i’m nine weeks. i have to hurry up. she hasn’t asked about whether any of the attempts took yet, it’s been that busy but i have to tell her... i just... ugh, don’t know how and all that.” she rambled.

[stepfordwiife]

darcypalmer‌:

Darcy opened the door to them with a huge grin on her face and as it was expected, the kids flooded her. The two oldest came at her first, followed by the two youngest. She grabbed and picked up Emmett, placing him onto her hip and giving him a quick kiss onto his cheek before leaning down and kissing the others on their heads as well. Lucia’s voice came through all the kids’ voices and Darcy let out a chuckle and smiled up at her friend. “You guys can crush me all you want, but if you do, I’ll never have a chance to tell you guys about the cookies on the living room table,” she grinned at the kids, and as if those were the magic words, the kids let her go and headed towards the living room. “Don’t worry, there are only one for each of them there, they can’t eat too much of it,” she reassured Lucia and stepped closer to kiss her on the cheek in a greeting, “Hey, you. Come on in, don’t stop in the door,” she ushered the woman in and closed the door behind her.

“How’s my favorite godson, hm? You’ve grown so much in just a few days, how is that even possible? What is your mom feeding you with?” she talked to the little boy in her hands with a smile as they headed into the living room to see what the other three kids were up to. “How are you doing?” she asked, looking over at Lucia.

LUCIA LOVED SEEING HER KIDS INTERACT WITH OTHERS because it showed her that they really were good kids, that the time and effort she put into their lives was paying off. sure, matilda had no filter and enzo was reckless, but overall her children were affectionate, smart and kind. “you spoil them.” she told her friend, with absolutely no malice in her voice. she loved the other woman’s love for her children and emmett beamed as he cried “da-eeh!”, his usual greeting. she stepped inside of her friends home and was glad to kick off her heels. “i don’t know why i make myself wear these all day.” she groaned for the millionth time but she knew why. it was a part of her perfect look, her perfect persona. 

she followed darcy into the living room and watched her children devour cookies like the the cookie monsters they were. “yes, sure, don’t wash your hands before eating. why do i even try to teach you proper manners?” she asked but she decided that for once, she wouldn’t drag them to the nearest sink to wash their hands. she looked over at darcy and smiled, because while she was tired and frustrated most days, today she’d come here with the news of a new cortez-smith baby and she just grinned as she put her hand on her stomach and raised her eyebrow. “very good.” she told her, hoping darcy would guess that she had another one on the way. she wanted to be happy about this baby, as she had been about all the others. she’d wanted this child. it would be unfair not to be and she was. a newborn always made her happy, but she wasn’t sure how to handle five kids under five but now, she wanted to be happy. forcing herself to feel happier than she was had become a habit anyway.

[stepfordwiife]

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after nagging my love to remodel (read: have some muscled people do it for us) our attic it is finally finished! the best use for an attic, in my opinion, is to make a space for your children to explore and have fun... and leave the mess upstairs. #playroom #remodel #momthings #home #twomommies

[stepfordwiife]

j-carvalhoe‌:

Visiting castleview park with the Cerberus pack was part of Juliana’s daily routine. The dogs were well behaved enough that she didn’t normally need to keep them on a leash so once she arrived at the park she took them off. The dogs would roll around in the grass, play fetch with her and take the affection that came with passerbys asking if they could pet the dogs. It was always nice to get out and enjoy the day with Hercules, Zeus and Percy especially since she couldn’t bring herself to always be cooped up in her house.

While throwing a tennis ball for Zeus to fetch, the next thing she knew as she turned her head, Hercules was bounding towards some unsuspecting person in the other direction who was just trying to enjoy the park. Her eyes widened as she started running behind the enormous alaskan malamute in hopes of stopping him from tackling someone to the ground. “Hey, hey! I’m so sorry about him. I promise Herc is friendly, he’s just huge.”

THE PARK WAS SORT OF HER SACTUARY. the kids could run around freely but she always had them in view. she was beau and enzo play, though beau was sitting in the grass running his fingers through it and observing a flower from close by and his brother was trying to convince him to climb on the playground. matilda, her three-year-old was on the swing, happily singing to herself and little emmett was crawling in the sandpit and luckily not eating it for once. she knew once she got home they needed a bath but luckily they were small enough that they all fit into one bath. sure, her whole bathroom would be soaked but at least it was more efficient. 

as she stood up to go drop the wrapper of her chocolate bar into the bin (a guilty pleasure she could indulge in only when the kids weren’t watching her), she heard a familiar voice and her eyes widened at the approaching dog. “oh my, juliana! keep those beasts on a leash, what if he had decided to run up to one of my children?” she asked, slightly panicked before she took a deep breath and calmed down a little. “just... be careful. little people and excited dogs are not a good combination, monita.” the nickname from her babysitting years, meaning ‘little monkey’, slipping out.

[stepfordwiife]

theprodigalsxn‌:

Closing up his shop in the evening, before the sun began to set, Caleb stuffed his keys within his pocket and walked down the street where he always parked his Jeep in the morning. At this hour, Sunnymead always seemed more mellow. Most of the businesses began to shut, and there was an interval of activity between now and the nightlife hours. Just before climbing into his car, he noticed an object tumble to the ground. Seeing the nearest person he called, “Hey! Did you just drop this?”

SHE’D LEFT THE OTHER KIDS AT HOME with their other mother as she pushed the stroller in which emmett was laying on his back and screaming, protesting sleep like only he could. she knew that only a walk could calm the overtired baby and she wanted her other children to catch some sleep, but she loathed his screaming. he’d been so fussy today and she had a splitting headache. yet, she’d told her wife to stay put and that she’d walk around with him. caring for the kids is what she did, she was the stay at home mother. her wife had to work tomorrow... even though lucia’s own work never stopped. even during the night when one of the kids were upset, she generally got up. her shift was 24/7 and it was in moments like this when it hit her even harder, just how tired she was and how she’d maneuvered herself into this super-wife-and-mom role that felt suffocating. admitting she wasn’t always coping would be wrong and humiliating to her.

she was shaken from her thoughts by a friendly voice and she turned around with tired eyes, looking at the stuffed animal blankly before connecting it was emmett’s. “oh, right. yes, yes, it’s emmy’s.” she told him with a tired smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “thank you so much, caleb.” she told him kindly as her son kept on crying and screaming from the pram.

[stepfordwiife]

closed starter for @darcypalmer

PUSHING A TWIN STROLLER in which emmett and matilda were sitting, and onto which her two oldest sons enzo and beau were holding on to she walked up to darcy’s place. emmett had been babbling about da-eeh, which is what he called his godmother for now. his speech wasn’t the greatest at eleven months but ma (meaning her), moo (meaning his other mother), da-eeh (darcy), ba (ball) and eeh (indicating he wants to eat) were vital to his vocabulary. she was quite exicted about this visit, not only because she could have the children play at darcy’s place but also because she would reveal that she was pregnant, finally. she was nine weeks along and while that wasn’t completely out of the woods yet, she wanted darcy to know. besides, she had to discuss how to reveal it to her wife. she had said the pregnancy tests were negative, to surprise her but because of a busy work schedule, she hadn’t actually found a nice moment to tell her wife. so, time to discuss it!

she grinned as she was let in and the older boys ran up to darcy, hugging her legs as she chuckled and unbuckled her daughter and then her youngest, who joined their brothers. “don’t crush her, you guys.” she teased, chuckling at her four little devils clinging to darcy’s legs. “hello, darling.” she greeted her and leaned closer to peck her cheek in a greeting.

[stepfordwiife]

“Teach your daughters how to fix cars, survive a week in the wilderness, repair a pipe that burst, and love themselves without the frill. Teach your sons how to braid hair, bake a homemade pie, sew a hem, communicate raw emotion, and clean a house. Then teach your daughters to braid and bake and sew and communicate and clean. And your sons to fix cars and survive and repair and love themselves. And while you do all of that realize that if you choose to confine your child within their gender, you will degrade their potential by 50%.”

— On raising children without gender standards // March 2016

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[stepfordwiife]

L U C I A   C O R T E Z - S M I T H

PLACE IN SOCIETY

financial: wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty.

medical: fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged.

class or caste: upper / middle / working / slave / unsure.

education: qualified / unqualified / studying.

criminal record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no.

FAMILY

married - happily / married - unhappily / widowed / engaged / partnered / single / divorced / separated.

has a child or children / has no children / wants children.  

close with sibling(s) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings / sibling(s) is deceased.

orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parent(s).

TRAITS + TENDENCIES

extroverted / introverted / in between.

disorganized / organized / in between.

close minded / open-minded  / in between.

calm / anxious / in between.

disagreeable / agreeable / in between.

cautious / reckless / in between.

patient / impatient / in between.

outspoken / reserved / in between.

leader / follower / in between.

empathetic / unemphatic / in between.

optimistic / pessimistic / in between.

traditional / modern / in between.

hard-working / lazy / in between.

cultured / un-cultured / in between.

loyal / disloyal / unknown.

faithful / unfaithful / unknown.

BELIEFS

monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic.

belief in ghosts or spirits: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care.

belief in an afterlife: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care.

belief in reincarnation: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care.

belief in aliens: yes  / no / don’t know / don’t care.

religious: orthodox / liberal / in between / not religious.

philosophical: yes / no.

OPINIONS

pro-euthanasia / anti-euthanasia / doesn’t know or on the fence.

pro-choice / anti-abortion /  doesn’t know or on the fence.

pro-marriage / anti-marriage / doesn’t know or on the fence.

pro-death penalty / anti-death penalty / doesn’t know or on the fence.

pro-drug legislation / anti-drug legislation / doesn’t know or on the fence.

left wing / right wing / middle / doesn’t know or on the fence.

SEXUALITY + ROMANTIC INCLINATION

heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual.

sex repulsed / sex neutral / sex favourable.

romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favourable.

sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious.

potential sexual partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all.

potential romantic partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all.

ABILITIES

combat skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none.

literacy skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

artistic skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

technical skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none.

HABITS

drinking alcohol: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

smoking: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

other narcotics: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

medicinal drugs: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

indulgent food: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

splurge spending: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

gambling: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

[stepfordwiife]

lucia cortez-smith - the inside

tired and frustrated with a sprinkle of sexual frustration

[stepfordwiife]

lucia cortez-smith - the outside

protective mama bear, in love, christian and girly

[stepfordwiife]

𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤

under the cut you can find a few connections i’d love to see for lucia

wife   - wanted connection on the main - the cortez-smiths are a pretty traditional family, aside from the fact that the heads of the household are two women. juliana is a housewife who looks after the couple’s four children (two adopted, one with lucia’s wife’s egg and one with lucia’s egg but both carried by lucia) while her wife goes out to work (suggestions are anything to do with business, publishing or law). juliana wanted this life, she wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, taking care of her wife and children. that was always her dream but she is feeling overwhelmed with four children under five and a fifth one on the way. she thinks she has taken on too much but bringing it up would feel like she failed, so she soldiers on while longing for more time for herself, more time spent with just her wife and also to be more than what she is. whether that is a job outside of the house (which they agreed lucia wouldn’t do in order to care for a big family which they both wanted) or volunteering, she doesn’t know. she just feels trapped sometimes. her wife is mostly focussed on her career, but they do have a loving relationship. there is tension though, about lucia’s wish for her wife to spend more time at home and do more in the household, not to just expect lucia to do it because that is ‘her’ job. 

best friend   - someone she has been friends with all or most of her life. probably female and between the ages of 28 and 32. i would love if this friend could see that lucia is taking on a bit too much and is worried about her, yet lucia downplays it. probably a godparent of one of her kids.

neighbors   - three (individuals or couples) neighbors would be welcome. they could love her kids, hate the noise they make, annoy lucia and the kids by making too much noise, come over for tea, etc. 

fellow parents   - they have playdates, talk about the kids, share parenting tips. lucia has a tendency to try and appear perfect. snore.

high school exes   - ex-boyfriends and maybe even an ex-girlfriend from back in the day 29-33 years old and probably a native. during college, she was out of town and after college, she met her wife and got married so they’re only from high school years.

babysitter   - on date nights - and generally only then - this person is entrusted with the four cortez-smith kids. good luck with that.

friends   - she has a small group of friends she really likes to hang out with and with varying closeness to each other. @darcypalmer - friend and godparent of the youngest child emmett.

sperm donor   - the biological father of one or both of the biological children of the cortez-smith family.

pastor   -  lucia is a chistian but it is unsure as of yet whether she goes to church with her wife or her children but she does go almost weekly. 

church friends   - people who also go to church and whom they hang out with, talk about their family, faith, etc - bible study? @theprodigalsxn

[stepfordwiife]

❝ 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝 𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟 ❞

is that  𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕪  walking down old town front street? nah,  𝕝𝕦𝕔𝕚𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕫-𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙  just looks like their identical twin! the  𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕪-𝕠𝕟𝕖-𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣-𝕠𝕝𝕕  has been a  𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖  for  𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖  on their good days,  𝕝𝕦𝕔𝕚𝕒  is  𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖  and  𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕕 , but if you catch them on a bad day, they may be  𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕪  and  𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 . keep your eyes on this  𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕨𝕚𝕗𝕖 . wonder what they’ve been up to lately in sunnymead!

𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪

lucia is married to a businesswoman who is older than her ( thirty-five to forty-five years old - wc on the main ) and together they have four kids. she's a stay-at-home mom and currently pregnant with her fifth baby. she wanted this life. she wanted to be a wife and mother and care for her family but she feels like she's drowning. you would never be able to tell though. she acts like the perfect wife and mother. she has everything organized, her kids look perfect, they live in a gorgeous home but she misses to be more than just a wife and mother, yet has no time to spare. this best way to describe her is a lesbian stepford wife, but she is unexpectedly yearning for a job outside of the house or even just volunteering - she feels too trapped now and what she thought would make her happy, is now her golden cage.

𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕤

lucia elizabeth cortez-smith february 27th thirty-one married bisexual homoromantic housewife

𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕤

x   she grew up in an affluent family in town. she has an older brother who lives out of town and has two children with his high school sweetheart. her parents were the all-american family. her father was a small business owner, her mother was a stay-at-home mom and lucia looked up to her mother in every way. that is the life she wanted.

x   she was thrown when she realized that she was attracted to women. she’d always dreamed of having a husband and while she found men attractive, she never really got that deep connection with a man. she wondered if she could ever even be what she wanted to be - a wife, a mother - now that she knew this about herself. her mother embraced her when she came out and told her she could be anything she wanted to be still - there were ways.

x   she went to college to study early childhood development but never made use of her degree. she met her wife out of college and they got married soon after. she adores her wife and is sure that will never change.

x   she is the other of four children. they adopted their first two children from south africa. they were only a month old when they brought them home. enzokuhle (they call him enzo) and bokamoso (known as beau) are four years old now - almost five. then, they used her wife’s egg to have a baby - a little girl who is now three years old and named matilda. their latest addition to the family was another little boy, this time biologically lucia’s. he is almost one now and little emmett is thriving - almost walking. 

x    lucia is currently two months pregnant with a fifth child and she is freaking out. she asked for this, she didn’t want a big gap between their fourth and fifth - and FINAL child but she isn’t sure how she’ll handle two preschooler, a toddler, and two babies but she isn’t ready to admit that. right now, she is pretending to be super excited (which she is though) and putting on the bravest face possible.