I wanna start off by saying this involves cheating partners so skip it if it offends you.
I was getting bored with my legacy so I started with a family of four, child Russell Lancaster being the main sim. His father was a business man and he always wanted his son to carry his legacy. This influenced Russell a lot so he spent his childhood acting like him. No toys, no fun, just practicing speech on the mirror. But he met some other child members of the legacy and became friends. He "decided" not to waste his life by being a workaholic and he started having fun.
Vivianna Potts moved in to Willow Creek before high school. I moved her in to Oakenstead with an elder npc; I imagined she ran away from an orphanage, begged to move in the elder sim to take care of her.
Russell and Vivianna met and started dating. They broke up after a while as Vivianna had no future plans yet and Russell was keeping her busy. Russell was sad but they were best friends and decided to stay that way. Some sim days later Vivianna got close with his friend Prince Schwartz. They started dating. Russell was single for a while but eventually he started dating someone as well: Tessa Gary Najera from the legacy. Vivianna and Russell were so happy for each other and remained best friend even after teenage years.
I bought City Living at that moment and to my luck I got Romance Festival right off the bat. I was playing Vivianna and Prince (as he moved to her place) so I made them go. I made them marry in the heat of the moment. Then, Russell called Vivianna to drink sakura tea. I sent Prince to bathroom and made the best friends grab the tea. Obviously they got flirty. I noticed that there were special romance interactions of the festival which applied to their situation perfectly (joke about getting together, hello!) so I made them flirt a little. Even though their romance was an almost full red bar they accepted each other's moves. I wasn't paying attention to Prince but he saw it. He gave his wife a frenzied kiss and they left for home. I made them fight a bit but they made up eventually. I switched to Russell. Apparently Tessa was there as well and she was sad. I decided to move them in in an apartment as an "apology". So even though there was an awkward moment nothing damaging happened and everyone moved on.
Russell and Vivianna continued to be best friends without any awkwardness. She had twin boys, he got married to his girlfriend. I decided that I was sick of this cycle and start spicing things up a little. So the actual cheating started. Vivianna never accepted romantic interactions but Russell seemed like he was ready for them. Still it was hard (if you tried to get exes back together you know what I mean), I would send the spouses to work and make them flirt. Even though they had a pink bar they would reject kissing etc. But I managed to get them closer after a while.
They were "so in love" that they would wait their spouses to sleep and woohoo until the morning. I never got caught and everything was going smoothly. Russell got his wife pregnant and at the last day of pregnancy Romance Festival came back. I made them go. I spotted Vivianna so I made Russell flirt with her a little. Prince saw it AGAIN without me noticing and started kissing Vivianna. Of course this time Russell was getting sad as well and relationship was damaging. I decided that this will be the breaking point so the next day Russell invited Vivianna over and asked her to break up with Prince. She actually didn't. Then Russell and Tessa had a boy. And another boy. Aaand another boy. Without cheats or traits they got triplets.
I decided to continue with the divorces. Vivianna was rich. She divorced Prince. I cheated to remove 30.000 simoleons from her and made Tessa get it. Russell divorced her as well. Prince moved in with his twins to Oasis Springs and Tessa went back to her mother's place with her triplets and filled up pockets. I actually made Russell apologize from Tessa and she accepted it! They remained friends.
Vivianna and Russell didn't waste any time and moved in to a sweet apartment. They became closer with their step-children and kept having a nice relationship with their ex-spouses. Later on they got married and Vivianna got pregnant. STILL WITH NO CHEATS OR TRAITS I got triplets (this time all girls thanks to strawberries), making it twice in a row. I don't know how to take care of them and I seriously think my mods and cc are breaking the game little by little...
Prince and Tessa are happy as well, so happy ending. I plan to make Vivianna and Russell get old peacefully together then, continue with the main family. Let's see how it goes.
