six* little nuggets.
i have great news ... with great discussion and consideration ... jack and i have developed the names of the wheeler-harrington children in the happy, all-goes-right au, as such:
sloane wheeler-harrington –– softball go-getter and perpetual people-pleaser, an absolute daddy's girl with a strong motivation to live up to what she believes her parents (and particularly her dad) wants for her. sporty, excitable, a little lacking in the math-savvy department, but a sincerely darling daughter. she and nance have a strained dynamic at times as nance has always been fearful of ending up a bad mom; the two get closer when sloane is finishing up high school during a period of time where sloane becomes overwhelmed by her own anxiety. hilariously, having not been close for a long time, nancy sees the change in her daughter and ends up proving a surprising help and grounding voice.
mary wheeler-harrington –– middle child of the bunch, learned early on how to fill the silences particularly when it was her, sloane and nancy alone in a room. she is first and foremost a talker. she speaks up and sometimes spits out just absolute nonsense if needed, anything to keep the air less empty. another daddy's girl, steve, sloane and mary have the most fun doing absolutely stupid shit together; going to concerns, going to the mall, to the beach, etc. mary is a little unhinged. she's a bit impulsive and often acts first, thinks later, which can get her into some unfortunate predicaments. she's good-hearted, though, and cares deeply for other people.
tristan & ethan wheeler-harrington –– steve was anticipating a couple of sporty boys. at least one. but the twins turn out to be a lot closer to their mother in their hobbies and interests; they're book-smart and school-oriented, both of them, and a bit closer to their mom overall. by the time they're born, nancy's become a bit more used to the whole motherhood thing, and somehow doesn't have the same wound to heal that she had with her daughters. she is, funny enough, a fantastic boy-mom. who woulda thought it. the whole family has a keen sense of justice baked into their bones, but i think one of the twins got it pretty bad – more to come once me and jack continue discussing but if ur askign ME... hactivist style ethan sounds accurate to me in fact!
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