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Ezra: Thanks for coming over. I know I’m probably the last person you wanted to see. Atlas: Not the last. Definitely the bottom of the list, but not last. Ezra: [awkward laugh] Atlas: …

Ezra: Um, so, how are you and your sister? Atlas: Are you kidding me? Ezra: What? Atlas: Can we cut the bullshit? We are not old friends catching up. Just tell me why you’re here.

Ezra: I moved to the Bay a few years ago. I swear, I had no idea you were out here, let alone that I was dating your sister-in-law. Atlas: I don’t understand. You left? Turned your back on all of it? Ezra: Yes. The town, the church, everything. Same as you. Atlas: Why? What changed your mind?

Ezra: I wouldn’t even know where to begin. But Henry was a big part of why I started questioning things, and then— Atlas: Henry? Ezra: [nods] He had a really hard time after you left. I realize now that talking him into staying was the worst thing I could’ve done. He was so unhappy. Atlas: Was? Is he…?

Ezra: No. No no no, sorry, he’s okay. He’s good now. Atlas: [sigh of relief] Ezra: About a year before I left, after a particularly awful night, I gave him what I could of my savings and helped him leave.

Atlas: So, how do you know he’s good now? Ezra: [pointing] Behind you.

Ezra: He traveled all over and sent me postcards along the way. Atlas: … Ezra: He found you, in San Myshuno. Atlas: Really? He never contacted me. Ezra: He said he saw you with someone, and that you looked happy. He didn’t want to disrupt your life, so he stayed away.

Ezra: Eventually, he settled down in Henford of all places. He has a small cottage where he raises chickens. Prize-winning eggs apparently. Atlas: [chuckles] That’s perfect. He always dreamed of a quiet life in the country. Sprawling green hills and blue skies and a bunch of smelly animals. For a while, he was obsessed with the idea of raising llamas.

Ezra: Really? He never told me that. Atlas: Not surprising. You always had a way of shitting on his dreams, tearing them down. Ezra: [incredulous] I did not. Atlas: Oh please, you did so. He thought the world of you, and you used him.

Ezra: I— Atlas: You are a self-righteous asshole who told yourself that you were looking out for him, “guiding him”, but the truth is, you made him feel small. In fact, I think you liked that he was gay because it made you feel superior. And now, what, you want a goddamn medal for getting him out of there when you were the reason he was stuck there in the first place?! You never cared about him. You just needed to ease your own conscience because you could no longer deny the damage you caused.

Ezra: You have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m the one that’s been by his side all these years. You’re the one who left! Atlas: I had no choice! And I tried to take him with me. But you stopped him. You made him feel like there was something wrong with him. You didn’t stay by his side because you cared about him. You kept him around to feed your fucking ego.

Atlas: How bad did things have to get, huh? How bad before you realized you couldn’t “fix” him? Before you realized you’re the one who fucking broke him?!

Ezra: Get out of my house. Atlas: Gladly.

Atlas: Stay the fuck away from me and my family. That includes Iris and Spencer.

Since it did not make the laundry list may I humbly request you go and "upvote" weather effects indoors if you experience it and have not reported it yet?

https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/s-weather-effects-occurring-inside-structures/5051547

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Iris: Wait...

Iris: Oh no.

Ezra: Good morning. Iris: We need to talk. Ezra: Oh. Okay. Should I be worried? Iris: I don’t know.

Ezra: What is it? Iris: I’m late. Ezra: Like late late? Iris: [nods]

Ezra: How late? Iris: Enough to worry. Like four weeks. Ezra: … Iris: Will you say something?

Ezra: What do we do? Iris: I should probably take a test. Ezra: Right, um, I’ll get dressed and we can go pick one up. Iris: Okay. Ezra: Do you have any idea what you want to do? If it’s positive, I mean.

Iris: I can go to the clinic. It’s early enough, I’m sure we have options. Ezra: [nods] Is that what you want? Iris: That’s the sensible thing, right? I mean, we’ve only been dating for a few months. Do we really want to jump into raising a child together?

Ezra: What if we did? Would that be the worst thing? Iris: I don’t know. Are you just saying that because you’re against abortions or something? Ezra: No. If that’s what you want to do, then you have my full support. I will be by your side the whole time. But, if that’s not what you want, then I support that too. And I will be by your side the whole time.

Iris: Maybe I should take a test first, and then we can talk about this when it feels less… hypothetical. Ezra: Sure. We can do that.

Ezra: Well? Iris: [nods] I’m pregnant. Ezra: Wow. Okay. How are you feeling?

Iris: Are you still on board with keeping it? This is your chance to change your mind. Ezra: If you want to keep it, then yes, I’m 100% on board. Iris: You’re sure?

Ezra: The timing is not ideal, I admit, there’s still a lot we don’t know about each other yet. But there are three things I do know: I know we both want kids; I know you’re already an amazing mom; and I know that I love you. So, yes, I’m sure.

Iris: I love you too.

Bollhusgränd* - a family home in the Old Town, Nordhaven *taken directly from the street names in Gamla Stan, Stockholm

There are several days of the AU April challenge by @honeysylvan i really wanted to do, and the Post-Apocalyptic on day 25 was one of them! (Yes I watched the first ep of s2 of The Last of Us and yes it made me want to do it even more)

In this universe, Aria and Luke and their daughter Isabelle try to survive the apocalypse that has hit their world as best they can. Jasper eventually joins their community, and he and Isa soon fall in love. But what they hadn't planned was for Isa to get pregnant… Will they be able to face up to this dangerous event that threatens their community?

I wanted this AU to kinda look like the real one with an unexpected pregnancy for Isa and Jasper ahah, and I imagine Daphne being the glimmer of hope they all needed to survive and rebuild something!

Kitchens in the summer time.

Meet Sophie and Ulrike Ballard-Faust, my sweet little cherub potatoes whom I will absolutely never get over.

After a bit of a whirlwind romance, they had a small but beautiful wedding on the beach in Tartosa with their closest friends. (Neither of them has any (human) family beyond each other... for now.)

Ulrike has made great strides in her art career, turning out masterpiece after masterpiece, and Sophie is well on her way to becoming a master nectar-maker out of their ever-expanding home and garden in Chestnut Ridge.

They also have a mare named Willow, who was Sophie's horse before they got together and who now loves both of them dearly. Ulrike, wary for the longest time of actually riding a horse, finally went for a relaxed ride with Willow yesterday! (Sorry I didn't get pics of that!) It was good for both of them, and she's got a mind to do that more often.

And most excitingly, Sophie is expecting! They wanted to wait until they had their shit at least relatively together before bringing kids into the mix, and they're finally feeling like they've got the basics down. They found a donor and are expecting a healthy baby girl!

More on this little growing family to come--I love them so much it's obscene, and honestly find someone who looks at you the way Ulrike looks at Sophie!!--but I just wanted to briefly introduce them and dip my toe into posting my own Sims before I lost my nerve :)

Like mother, like son 👞👞