is there any oc/stawi lore that you have in mind but haven't had the chance to post/integrate into the fic yet? anything from favorite foods to life altering catastrophes, i want to hear it :)
I do !!!! A lot of them are innocuous since anything bigger could possibly be spoilers for major plot points lmao so here's three very silly trivia bits
Muppets
The only time you will EVER hear Paul Matthews singing is when he + Han do this ongoing bit/stim(??) of singing Mahna Mahna upon hearing/saying the word "phenomenon" lol. He had The Muppet Show on a lot when she was little; if she got too distracted or riled up one of his tricks to get her to pay attention was a call and response of "Han-hna Han-hna" / "Doo dooo dedodo" So it started as that and just, sort of. Evolved over time. The first time he unthinkingly does this in front of Emma he gets a little embarrassed but she thinks it's so fucking endearing
Bon the Babysitter
My other OC Bonnie was the girls' babysitter for a few years!! Hannah used to call her Bunny and she thought it was too cute to correct her :') This was during the Cal era, aka the years of a man who's finally experiencing intimacy after a seven year dry spell, but is also still a man with children who have bedtimes. Lotta weekday calls of Paul being like "HeyyyyBonhow'reyadoingthat'sgreat SO could you watch the girls tonight. From five till um. I dunno. Late" "?? It's a school night this is so last minute--" "I will pay you $250 if you come over right now. And I will get pizza delivered" "Make it $300 and we get toppings. And a side of garlic knots." "DONE"
cut to several years later when she starts her job at CCRP and they pass each other in the lobby like
Paul and weed
Paul's not a smoker. He never has been, and he'd never been interested in weed bc of it. By the time weed becomes legal, him and Lex have really Been Through It bc of all the individual challenges they faced in each phase of her growing up. Now that she's an adult they've both mellowed out and one day he gets curious abt Lex's edibles and she's immediately like FUCK. YES.
So once in a blue moon they split a gummy during casual hangouts at home w/ the Greens or the Woodwards and they literally become like tommy and angela in the gas leak clip LMAOO
The next day Paul's always like "I don't think it did much." Immediate flashback to Bill the night before in the middle of doling out Uno cards and he stops to look at them and is like ".... Are you two okay" and these mfers are off to the side like
(through tears) "YEAH. WE'RE FINE."
"........... Okay....... if you say so. (starts game) Paul, draw f--"
It's SOOOO positively silly and neither of them realizes the impact of Paul being willing to try stuff like this, bc these small things unironically improve their relationship lol