Strangervill love trouble (story input wanted)

They break up but living in the same house they still couldn't stay away from each other. After many nights of sharing the same bed, they get back together. Amos never really forgives her and in every argument it comes back up. They have children and after many years of it not being forgotten, they decide to divorce when the last child goes to collage.

After the divorce, Amos dates younger sims trying to experience being young again. But being old, he has a hard time keeping up with all the parties and the non stop of burning the candle at both ends. He falls asleep exhausted every night and tells himself he is happy, when really all he wants is staying in for a night of quiet relaxing calm. Eventually his heart gives out from the lack of sleep and he dies. At the funeral his children swear to never be like him.

The end.

Note: Sorry for dark story, but if Amos wanted to be unforgiving for that, he got what was coming to unforgiving sims.

There’s nothing like a shared threat to bridge the gap. Amos and Willow might be assigned to be partners in a dangerous mission that puts both of their lives in danger. In order to get out alive, they have to depend on each other. At first, they’re at odds with each other. Willow is reluctant to be vulnerable, so she tries to do it all herself. Amos is just trying to save his own skin. But, when the chips are down and the threat becomes real, Amos surprisingly sets aside his self absorption to be there for Willow, and she, in turn, learns that she can’t really do it alone. They become a real team and combine efforts to finish the mission and get both of them out alive. In the end, they bond in the heightened emotions of the shared risk.

The other FO sim betrays everyone at the final hour (either just before defeating Mother plant, or right after when the mission is over and they're about to go their separate ways). Amos is left to choose between his commitment to the Order and side with his rival officer, or stand by Willow even after she has experimented on him. The other officer would know that Willow is a weak spot for Amos, and he'd have to destroy her to show his commitment to the Order and maintain his rank. Amos first chooses against his rival, but that positions him with the Resistance again. If he's injured during the altercation, then Willow can nurse him back to health and they can rebuild their relationship.

Good ideas, keep them coming!

@DragonAge_300905 Although my goal is to reconcile them and have them lead a harmonic marriage, you got me thinking, what if the incident will resurface at the most inconvenient moment in the future? "So is this going to end like back in Strangerville, when you force-fed me the untested herbicide?!" And then of two big-eyed kids, one will side with dad, the other with mom. They'll sit down and discuss what happened with the children, and only now will get it really over.

Alright, here's what I would do with this. I thought about how to get over this situation, after all, it's an apocalypse and they are in a bunker. Options are limited so sometimes when one is hungry and there is food, one eats without questioning. However, looking at the photos, I think Willow is awesome. Who is the guy in the white coat? If I'm playing this, forget Amos. We all make mistakes but Willow, your Freudian id is telling you that you want that guy in the white coat if possible. Leave Amos blinking and make out with that other dude in white unless there's some fact I'm not privy to that interferes. The future of the planet depends on you.

Haha, in seriousness, if you want Willow and Amos to get back together, draw it out a bit. There should be some arguments but they are still attracted to each other because she's attractive and he's a guy in a bunker with her. He will forgive her. Mix some arguments and flirting. They can get angry but still be into each other. Really though, she has her pick of any guy in that bunker. Where are they going to go?

There could also be some sort of group intervention about him because they all share that small space together. So, she and the others could work together to help him to improve and to cure him. Can he earn rewards traits that will help him to have a better personality? Maybe send him volunteering for good causes if you have Parenthood. Have him donate to charity. I don't like the type of plot where he changes because of her but in the scenario that you are describing, I could see the group of these survivors deciding that he needs to improve and be cured or be sacrificed because they can't keep a sick sim in the bunker. He's deadweight to the group if he's not helping and they don't want to risk getting sick from the contagion. If Willow really cares about him, she needs to be direct with him about whatever his problem is.

"ChampandGirlie;c-18356568" wrote:
but Willow, your Freudian id is telling you that you want that guy in the white coat if possible. Leave Amos blinking and make out with that other dude in white unless there's some fact I'm not privy to that interferes.

That's another Resistance sim and he's already coupled with the sim in the brown jacket. Look up BlondeBomber2u in the gallery if you want him and/or Willow! They go by different names there (there's a reason why I quotation marked "Amos" and "Willow"), but you'll spot them :)

@EnkiSchmidt That's a good ending, much nicer than mine. Hehe. In my defense I had just come from reading the steam forum on palworld. I really like that game and I get tried of the hate it gets.

"EnkiSchmidt;c-18356588" wrote:

"ChampandGirlie;c-18356568" wrote:
but Willow, your Freudian id is telling you that you want that guy in the white coat if possible. Leave Amos blinking and make out with that other dude in white unless there's some fact I'm not privy to that interferes.

That's another Resistance sim and he's already coupled with the sim in the brown jacket. Look up BlondeBomber2u in the gallery if you want him and/or Willow! They go by different names there (there's a reason why I quotation marked "Amos" and "Willow"), but you'll spot them :)

You know, I've literally never downloaded anyone else's sims because I make my own. Sure, why not though? I already have a lot of other sims so I probably would not put them together but I could drop them in my game and see what happens. It could be fun to see what random direction they go in.

I played Strangerville with a strong female lead who was very nerdy, logical and handy. I ended up like her a lot because she was tough and capable. She fell for one of the very buff military guys and they got married. Now, they are just a small-town couple working at the base. They fell in love in that same crisis situation working together. I continue to have some military sims in Strangerville and a few other characters specific to that world.

Back to your story, which is a Strangerville Apocalypse with Batuu, I would be thinking about the group dynamics of the bunker. I stick with the idea that Amos might get mad at Willow at first. I think in the logic of the group in a survival situation that I could see some of the others in the bunker saying, "Hey, we need to get rid of this guy, he's weakened because he is possessed and taking up resources." Survival logic. Add in the Resistance vs. FO and it seems obvious that some would turn on him. Willow would think it's her fault and feel guilty so being an ethical person and having feelings for him, she would want to save him. He would love her again and forgive her.

I don't judge anyone else's interpretation. It's all cool. This is a group in a bunker so I would bring the other characters into the story. After all, they would think that Willow is against him because she just splashed him in the face.

"Lenny_Ogg;c-18356661" wrote:

If it was my story I'd try to explain to the readers why they want to be together

That's the part I tremendously enjoy...

"Lenny_Ogg;c-18356661" wrote:

and then I would show them in situations that lead them back together.

...and that's the part I'm struggling with, haha! I really felt I had written myself into a corner yesterday, but thanks to everyone who has chimed in, a roadmap is emerging.

I had neglected to take the limited resources/survival aspect into account. Sure, the droids can go shopping, but the town doesn't have limitless supplies, least of all for strangers that might bring their own conflicts to Strangerville. So building on that and on Amos' background, yes, I can see the others telling him "Get a grip on yourself and stop pouting already or the door's right over there!". Him being self-absorbed with a very high opinion of his abilities, Amos might just leave.
Trouble is, his best skills are Rocket Science, Writing and Research/Debate, he's a commander and strategist, not that good at spur of the moment decisions or sim to sim combat. So at one point (depending on which townies the game spawns) he will get himself captured by MOTHER's cult and either be made into another henchman or kept fresh as a snack.
When he gets rescued, Willow will silently offer Amos a dose of the actual cure (this time offered as a gift, not spilled into the face). They are relieved to be together again, but neither will apologize to the other. They'll just pretend they never had a gripe (leaving the option for the wound to open up in the future as outlined in an earlier post).

So this is the setup, with the exact details depending on what happens ingame.

"Working together with you guys was a greater challenge than fighting you. For the first time since I was three years old, there were no demands or expectations, just acceptance. Such a soft lifestyle! Laughable, really. I mean, corn syrup on a stick and chocolate Vaders? C'mon! But it also was enticing, in a way. I felt... sheltered. I considered throwing everything away and switch sides. But then you bared your fangs, did what needed to be done, with no regard to my feelings in this matter, and the illusion of a happy rebel utopia in the woods got pierced. It wasn't you, who betrayed me, and who I was mad at, that I see now. It was the way the universe works."
"Then come with us already and let's change that! I'll even gift you the largest flower you've ever seen!"
"MOTHER?"
"Yes. It's time to pot her up for good."

Patched my game and played a little. I made my sims start an argument over how to share a milk bread (8 servings for 6 sims). What happened was that my sims piled up on the other infected (the woman standing to the far right in the lab screenshot), so I ruled that she AND Amos got tossed out. She was the only skilled cook, by the way.

Everyone still inside now has two slices of milk bread... and two sims have a problem.

Edit: Finished the session with several sad screenshots of the two exiles, but so far they had no run ins with possessed. Being separated might do the loverbirds major good - no more tiptoeing around each other.