#j. eden

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"oh! i'm going to stop you right there. i'm not the girl you want to hit on at the bar. trust me. the redhead over there? she's a better call than me." josie said, taking a deep gulp of her drink. "she'll find all your movies charming, i promise." going out was supposed to be fun, right? it was fun once upon a time, but having a kid changed a lot, and now all she could think about was how much her babysitter was charging and whether or not her sister was going to call her in a meltdown about coen and good god, just how uncomfortable her shoes were. either way, no matter how attractive they were, she was not the one to flirt with. they would go running once they learned she had a kid at home. most people did. @cxsmicwrites

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J. Eden

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the eden clan

robert 'booker' eden. timothy olyphant. fifty five. mechanic. has cptsd. bisexual. he/him. booker wins father of the year just by virtue of being the only parent left and loving his kids endlessly. he's terrified of how much like his younger self his son has become. and he's never been able to tell rory how much he appreciates her. that he would have failed each of them so horrifically without her help after their mother left.

coenraad 'coen' heath eden. jack o'connell. thirty three. underground (illegal) fighter. has cptsd and severely debilitating low self esteem. he/him. bisexual. coen was doomed to be his father, he figured that out just before he dropped out and started training for underground fights. he's been to four different rehabilitation centers for drugs that he got addicted to when he first started fighting. he's had five surgeries for damage taken while fighting as well as fighting outside of the ring.

josephina 'josie' magnolia eden. willa fitzgerald. thirty two. virtual assistant. undiagnosed. she/her. bisexual. there’s a trickle down effect and it hit josie hard when she became a teenager. josie had an affair with the metal shop teacher when she as in tenth grade. he was later charged and sent to jail when it came to light that he'd been sleeping with four other students as well as josie. this trend continued into her adult years. when she was in her late twenties and working as an assistant, she ended up having an affair with her married boss. when she got pregnant, she was fired and the affair buried. also goes by jo, jj, jojo, peppa, posey, seffa, sophie, effy and jay.

aurora 'rory' calla eden. brianne howey. thirty five. literary agent. undiagnosed. bisexual. she/her. rory is emotionally unavailable and she would never blame it on her mother but her siblings all know it is a direct result of their mother walking out on them. she is petrified of letting anyone without the eden name in. her deepest secret is the way she saw her father the day her mother left, she looked at him and saw nothing but a pathetic creature who needed the help. despite this, she worked most of her life to care for her siblings as well as her father.

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open to all! muse: josie eden. thirty two. she/her. bisexual. assistant. single mom.

"no, dad, dad, listen—" the moment that booker heard his daughter was in trouble, he was a mess. josie let him run for a minute, tapping her fingers against the hood of the car, which at least had stopped smoking. "dad, i just need you to pick up lottie from daycare, that's all. no, you don't have to drive here. just pick up lottie." when she finally talked him down, sent him on his way, she stood in front of her car, one problem down, and another that pushed her well out of her depth. she should have let her dad teach her how to fix a car when he had offered. another vehicle slowed, coming to a stop right behind hers, hopefully an angel to her rescue.

[hlfmoonshine]

open to all! muse: josie eden. thirty two. she/her. bisexual. stay at home mom.

"what are you on about?" josie had tuned out for half a second, maybe a few more, and in that time the conversation had swung to the absurd, not that she minded the absurd, she just hadn't seen it coming. "wait, wait, no really, what are we upset about? do i need to fight someone?" a comical question given her brother, and the fact that josie could do endurance a thousand times before she could do strength. still, she stared at them, waiting for an answer with a bright grin on her face, always willing to go to bat for those who mattered most to her.

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"he's ignoring my calls, posey" rory closed the cupboard door, a little too harsh with eleanor sleeping on the couch, finally down after josie fussed with her for an hour. rory didn't mind the crying, ellie sounded just like josie had when she was little, there was something comforting in that. josie's brows raised, a laugh threating to bubble up, but she quashed the feeling down. "rory, come on, wouldn't you ignore your calls too, if you were him?" she loved her siblings, but they didn't always have the healthiest relationship. "what is that supposed to mean?" rory pried open the container of flour, trying not to be insulted by her baby sister's words. "i mean, you bankrolling his mistakes—" "i don't bankroll anything!" "oh fuck off," josie's voice dropped on the cuss, always afraid eleanor would pick something up when she wasn't paying attention, "aurora calla eden, you have paid for every rehab stint, every hospital stay and surgery! you've been enabling him for years, decades even. clearly he doesn't want your help anymore." "that's stupid! he should be accepting the damn help, where else is he going to get it from?" rory shuddered to think what new scheme coen could have signed up for. god, she hoped he wasn't getting into sex work. josie stood from the table, grabbed her sister's hands and forced her attention. "rory, he might be growing up. we all do it at different times. i didn't grow up until i was pregnany with ellie. maybe it's coen's time. i know it's hard, but we can help him by letting him figure it out on his own."

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—there's no such thing as mistakes.