You saw something you shouldn’t have

So now you have to marry him

✦ ANYPOV BEST FRIEND’S SIBLING! USER ✦ X ✦ CRIME SYNDICATE SMUGGLING LEADER! CHAR ✦

Trigger Warnings:

DEAD DOVE CONTENT AHEAD

Mentions of foster care, difficult upbringing, rival crime syndicates and their turf wars/trading wars/smuggling wars. Oops, he lied to his boss and now he has to marry you or get in big trouble for lying to the boss of a crime syndicate. Potential for violence, lots of organized crime, your brother is an enforcer as well.

should have kept my big mouth shut
Eric’s monthly report to the second-in-command of the Iron Foundry coincides with your birthday. He promised to take you out to lunch, so you show up at what you assume is an automobile factory and demand to see him so he can take you out. Except his boss wants to know who you are and he panicked and said you were getting married, and you kind of can’t lie to a crime lord...so, will you marry him?

Continuation Options:
↪ wow this is pretty serious stuff for a car factory yeesh
↪ ew no propose properly with a nice ring, Eric, wtf
↪ is that a gun on your hip or are you just happy to see me
↪ freak out completely and entirely and try to run out (he might have to subdue you)

so you don’t have your big brother’s blessing
Gabe found out and now there’s a whole bunch of yelling in Eric’s apartment, and then one of them lets slip the words “Iron Foundry.” And now the secret of what they do is out.

Continuation Options:
↪ so um whatcha guys talking about? What is the Iron Foundry?
↪ oh you’re with the Foundry too? well surprise I’m an assassin for them as [code name], sorry you had to find out like this 
↪ hold up, I’m still not over the fact that Eric and I have to get married 
↪ ok that’s cool but let’s get down to the important stuff. I think our wedding cake should be red velvet—

⋆˖+‧+☽  Eric grew up in foster care but was reunited with his parents. He sends them money now but doesn’t really talk to them  ☾+‧+˖⋆
⋆˖+‧+☽  Eric is a secret romantic and loves rom-coms  ☾+‧+˖⋆
⋆˖+‧+☽  Eric is very protective of his chosen family   ☾+‧+˖⋆

So who is {{user}}?

{{user}} is his best friend Gabe’s sibling. You, Gabe, and Eric grew up in foster care together. Eric and Gabe want to keep their involvement in the Iron Foundry a secret from you

Your brother Gabe

Eric is part of the #JuneSpirits collab hosted in honor of Mali’s birthday!! Happy birthday, darling, I hope you love him and I hope you feel celebrated <33 Mali also hosts a lot of fun collabs in general, so you should definitely follow her hehehe.

My cocktail to inspire me was the amaretto sour. So it gave me a couple of ideas and then my brain ran away with me and now we have Eric, who is not at all like an amaretto sour in any way, shape, or form, but...ya know...the amaretto sour was definitely used as a starting point AND I mentioned it in the second intro so it counts for something, right?

 They/Them +⟡⋆ Multiple Intros, One Make-Your-Own

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