For Mel(I know she's not a Boss but you asked 😅): 7 and 9
Thank you for the ask!! 🥺
17: which romance option is my headcanon?
So obviously I love Matt x Zoo, but the Boss and Johnny romance option actually inspired me to have Zoo have subtle feelings for Johnny. The feelings were really strong back in SR2 but Zoo back off because Johnny had Aisha, then after her death, Zoo really didn't want to come onto Johnny because he knew he was hurting. So finally having some downtime on the Ship and having Johnny back, Zoo just starts rambling about all of the feelings he's had over the years that he's kept hidden and Johnny just cutting him off. It's honestly my second favorite romance option and it helped me develop Zoo quite a bit.
I don't know guns, but Zoo's favorite weapon is dual-wielded black pistols because he's an angsty bitch.
Okay so for like SR3/SR4 Mel, I genuinely still have no idea who to ship her with. But for SR2, I ship her with Matt (SR2), and then semi-jokingly, her, Matt, Maero, and Jess being two couples that mess around with each other. 😆 I do wanna try to think of more ships for her for later games, though!
9: any family, and who is most important?
So Mel has an older brother and a mom. She has no idea who her dad is because her mom definitely got around, and Mel's brother was in jail for armed robbery when she was born, so he was in prison her entire childhood. She was never close to her mom; Mel's mom had a heavy drug problem, and any money she got went right into drugs. So Mel pretty much ran away and got into the crime life so she could survive. Mel has always been closer to her brother and used to always visit him in jail (their mom never visited him). Now that she's been in the Saints and he's out of jail, she doesn't really know where he's gone, but she feels like he has been avoiding her due to her being involved in crime and him possibly trying to avoid that life.