Name: Willow “Will” Elizabeth Bolton Gender pronouns: she/her Age: 26 Occupation: Barista, Drips Hometown: Gaia Cove, Virginia Amount of time on the island: 26 years Face Claim: Kennedy McMann
Bio: (Triggers: Mentions of addiction and teen pregnancy )
After the birth of their sons Evelyn and Jack Bolton hasn’t planned on having any more children- or more to the point that they didn’t anticipate it. But low and behold six years after the birth of their son Cassidy they welcomed a screaming baby girl into the world. Despite the love that Jack had for his two sons his youngest child- and only daughter- was instantly the apple of her father’s eye. Her father made sure to instill in her a sense of caring and compassion- something Jack said all Boltons were taught from a young age. And while the girl never lacked in love of any kind it wasn’t to say that there wasn’t a fair share of drama as she was growing up. At the ripe old age of nine Willow found out that she was going to be an aunt- and her older brother Cassidy was going to be a father. More confused than anything- an event which forced her mother to have “the talk” with her far sooner than she probably would have liked- Willow refused to comment on the news. But deep down the idea of having a baby around she could help out with sort of thrilled the youngest Bolton. While still very young at the time of Aiden’s birth Willow helped out her brother and his girlfriend as much as she could and absolutely adored being an aunt- and adored her nephew. It seemed that while the shock of her brother fathering a child have been a bit much for their parents to handle at first that things would turn out just fine. Of course, things don’t always work out the way people think they will. Though she was still young when the middle Bolton fell down a darker, more destructive path in life Willow was too smart not to understand what was going on. Her brother was struggling; her brother was digging himself into a hole of addiction as well as fathering two more children. And while Willow was always closer to Dan than she had been to Cassidy? Knowing that she couldn’t do anything to help her elder brother struck the young woman hard. For a while it even colored her plans for the future and she decided that when she graduated she was going to become a nurse. That way even if she couldn’t help her brother with his demons? She might be able to help other people in some way. But once her brother fathered twins and his addiction had gotten bad? Will had given up most of her normal teenage life to take care of her niece and nephew. She never regretted doing it though it definitely caused a strange relationship dynamic between herself and the twins- because she’s their aunt, but she’s also the only mother they’ve really ever had. And while they are living with their father once more Will is definitely invested in their futures. And at first when Willow graduated she went down that planned path and enrolled in college courses. But very quickly she decided that it wasn’t for her- and that while she still loved her brother and wished she could help him and other people struggling like him she couldn’t make her life choices based on what was happening in his life. So much to the surprise of most people who knew her Willow dropped out of college and took whatever jobs she could because while she may not have been sure anymore what she wanted to do with her life? She knew she wanted to be as independent as she could be. These days Willow works as a barista at Drips and visits her family as often as she can. She’s still far closer to Dan than she had ever been to Cassidy but she does love both brothers dearly- as well as her nieces and nephews even if she’s not always the biggest fan of their respective mothers (Jordan being the exception to that rule). She spends more time with Dan than she does Cassidy but she can’t deny she finds herself stopping in to check on the middle Bolton often. Because while her brother has been keeping himself in a better way in the last few years? There’s always a fear that he will fall right back down that rabbit hole. But life is still complicated for Will- between a secret relationship that is taking it’s toll, the usual drama of her family and not knowing what she wants to do with her life? It’s never a dull moment in the life of Willow Bolton.
Willow is played by Jay
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