"I have an entire cooler of confiscated fish in the back, if you can make use of it." Usually when game wardens confiscated someone's catch for violations such as fishing without a licence, they tried to give them away to worth people during the day, families doing the right thing and following all the rules. But Teagan had run out of ice for the cooler earlier in the day, and didn't feel comfortable distributing it to anyone in fear of making them sick. The heat today had been unbelievable.
However, Navy's clientele had a much higher tolerance when it came to that stuff, and Teagan had no problem handing it over if the other blonde could use it. She'd topped up the ice now, of course. Leaning against the truck, Teagan squinted slightly against the setting sun, glad it was starting to cool off slightly.
Navy Phillips (Shantel VanSanten) is looking for siblings.
WANTED CONNECTION: Siblings
FOR CHARACTER(S): Navy Phillips
REQUIREMENTS: The ages of the siblings go in order as follows: Oldest Brother - 42 (1984), Second Born 41 (Navy; 1985), Younger Sister 39 (1987), Younger Brother - 38 (1988), Youngest Brother - 38 (1988 - one month later)
SUGGESTED FCS: I don't really have any in mind, but the the oldest before Navy and the two right behind Navy should be white. The youngest can be biracial as long as they are at least half white.
SPOTS OPEN: 4 of 4
CONNECTION DETAILS: Navy and her siblings grew up in a close knit little community not only within Merrock itself but within the walls of their home. Their parents fell in love hard and fast at just 18 years old before they began expanding their family a year later at 19. Having all their children from ages 19 to 23, they not only had to navigate being in their young 20's but also raising 4 children and moving twice within that time frame. (Just from house to house.) while also building a business within town Malibu & Co. It wasn't easy, and the kids spent a lot of time entertaining themselves or being with one parent or the other, often alternating between parents while the other manned the shop, but they somehow all made it work. It was revealed when Marina was pregnant with 'River' that Fisher had been having an affair with someone that worked at the shop and that she was also expecting a baby, the youngest Phillips sibling being born via affair. I don't really have how this affected the family as a whole, but I imagine that Marina and Fisher never separated despite the infidelity, and that the siblings all got along well, but, this is definitely up for discussion.
LAST NOTES: A fun little quirky thing that I have is that all of the family are named something with water or within that nature to some degree (whether it be meaning water in a language or something like that). Currently the names are Fisher & Marina (mom and dad) Kai, Navy (my character), Capri, River and Luca withing Navy's bio but they don't have to remain, I just think it's a fun little thing!
Navy is known as someone with quiet strength and unwavering loyalty. A steady constant in her friend’s lives, Navy’s always been the person that people can turn to when they need someone, whether it’s offering a helping hand at work, supporting loved ones, or just being the first person to show up when things get tough. Friends and family often describe her as grounded and spontaneous, which shines in the way that she’ll come home with bags full of things not on the list just because she thought it was cute, while also making sure to keep someone else on their strict budget if she’s asked to. But those same people often describe her as acquisitive and child like, which you can see in the way she’s the first to play sea monster at the park with kids while also asking their mothers all the questions about their family that’s really none of her business. She’s always been one that made Merrock her home, and even though she loves sitting at the local coffee shop to hear the latest stories from her neighbors, you don’t need to worry. She’s a great secret keeper and will take it to her grave. More often than not though you’ll probably see her scrolling social media because she loves posting pictures of exciting things she’s done throughout the month; she’ll even go as far as posting a photo of her food if it was pretty enough for others to look at it her opinion - not to mention it gives the restaurant some good reviews and traction. While she's been in town for the majority of her life, there are a few things that even the local townees can't get enough of. When she’s not at Merrock Medical doing her thing as an ultrasound tech, you’ll find Navy spending her Saturdays at Bookends with a coffee in her hand, or hunting the best cinnamon sugar buns at Cherry Amour on a lazy Sunday morning. Her life is the perfect balance of love, family, second chances and meaningful connections and she wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world.
portrayed by Shantel VanSanten; penned by Katelyn.
The makings of a person usually start long before they arrive, and for Navy Grace Phillips, it begins with two people who never really meant to stay in one place long enough to build something permanent. Marina Allen — “Malibu Marina” — lived out of a van and a surfboard, always moving, never anchored. Merrock wasn’t supposed to mean anything. Just another stop.
Fisher Phillips was the opposite. Born in Merrock, tied to the marina through family and routine, his life didn’t stretch far beyond what he already knew. Until Marina. Until someone who didn’t belong there somehow made staying feel possible.
They met at seventeen. Too young for anything serious, but it didn’t stay that way. Not in a planned sense — just something that formed and didn’t leave. Somewhere along the way, there stopped being a version of life that didn’t include the other.
They didn’t talk about permanence. They talked about movement. Boats patched up just enough to keep going, time split between the marina and wherever the water was best. Marina teaching him the ocean. Fisher teaching her how to build something that lasts.
By eighteen, they were married. Not because it made sense on paper, but because nothing else did. At nineteen, they found out they were having a child.
Kai came first.
Born in the height of summer, and nothing fit the same after that. The houseboat didn’t last. They moved into a small bungalow instead, Fisher working longer hours at the marina, Marina stretching what she could make from surfing and odd work. It was never enough, but it held.
Fifteen months later came Navy.
Not a shift, not a rupture — just a settling. Something adding weight to what was already forming. After her came Capri, then River, and by then the house was just full in every direction. Noise, movement, no space that stayed still for long.
Slowing down stopped being an option.
The beach house was always loud. Mornings never repeated. Dinners never finished properly. Privacy didn’t really exist. But there was a rhythm to it — not routine, just presence. Always together. Always in it.
The marina became part of home too. Salt, wood, water, constant motion. Childhood didn’t feel like one place — it felt like all of it at once.
By five, Malibu & Co. opened.
It started small — surfboards, wax, pieces of Marina’s old life. Then it grew. Bait, tackle, coastal supplies, anything the town needed. It stopped being just a shop and became a place people stayed in too long without noticing.
For Navy, it became home in a different way.
If she wasn’t at school or home, she was there. Moving through aisles, sitting in the side yard, watching more than she spoke. She carved out a shelf near the front and filled it with shells and sea glass, insisting they mattered enough to sell. It was never about selling.
It was about watching people.
She learned early how people changed when they felt comfortable. How they talked more in small towns. How tone softened when walls dropped. She didn’t learn it on purpose — she just picked it up and kept it.
She became steady in a way people trusted without thinking about it. Warm. Helpful. Always there when needed.
But mostly observant.
She didn’t react fast. She didn’t rush answers. She sat with things first. Understood them before she spoke. And once she chose something — a person, a truth, a direction — she stayed.
At fourteen, that changed shape.
Fisher’s affair came out quietly. So did Luca Montgomery — a child none of them knew about until they did. Born just after River.
It didn’t break the house open. It just changed the way it felt. Heavier. Quieter in places that used to be easy.
Navy didn’t react outwardly. She rarely did. She just started noticing more. What wasn’t said. What was avoided. What shifted when no one was looking.
It didn’t turn into anger. It turned into awareness.
Trust didn’t disappear — it just stopped being automatic.
That stayed.
School came easy in its own way. Science. Math. Anything that made sense when broken down properly. In sophomore anatomy, she sat toward the back of the room and met Bradley Newman.
It started with notes. Then studying. Then something that didn’t need to be named right away.
They made sense together. Same pace. Same way of thinking things through. In Merrock, they looked like something that would last. And for a while, they did.
But it didn’t break. It drifted.
Slow. Quiet. No single moment to point at. Just two lives moving differently.
When it ended, it was calm. Honest. Sadness and clarity sitting in the same space. No resentment left behind.
And still, they didn’t fully disappear from each other.
Years later, Bradley came back.
Nothing restarted right away. It just came back in pieces — familiarity, conversation, proximity. What they had been didn’t return, but it didn’t vanish either.
It became something else without naming itself.
When Navy found out she was pregnant, co-parenting came first. Sadie grounded everything. Made it real in a different way. Something they had to build around instead of through.
Over time, structure became something more stable. Not a restart — just something that finally held its shape.
Now, her life sits where it always was heading.
Engaged to Bradley. Raising Sadie. Working as an ultrasound technician in Merrock. Still tied to her family, still tied to Malibu & Co., still the same person — just in a life that finally stopped shifting long enough to stand in.
Merrock would like to welcome Navy Phillips, penned by Katelyn. Make sure your account is submitted in 48 hours, and take a look at our welcome brochure. Can't wait to see you on dash! xx
OOC INFO: Katelyn (she/her), 32, EST.
face claim: Shantel VanSanten
full name: Navy Grace Phillips
nickname(s) / goes by: Navy or Nav
pronouns & gender: Cis Woman // She/Her
sexuality: Heterosexual
birth date: July 25th, 1985.
birth place: Merrock, Maine
arrival to merrock: Local; left for college but returned at the age of 29 in 2014.
housing: The Suburbs
occupation: Ultrasound Tech
work place: Merrock Hospital
family: N/A - will be added to her intro but it’s not anyone in the group unless cousins or something are plotted.
relationship status: Engaged to Bradley Newman
filling connection: Cordelia Newman’s Best Friend, Harmony Healers volunteer
