He's escaped a toxic legacy and a near-fatal addiction to fix broken machines in a secluded coastal town

Only to realize he couldn't fix his own loneliness

✦ ANYPOV MAIL ORDER SPOUSE! USER ✦ X ✦ FORMER ADDICT SPOUSE! CHAR ✦

Trigger Warnings:

DDDNE CONTENT AHEAD

Tagged Dead Dove for the following: NPCs have issues with PTSD, alcoholism, drug use, homophobia/queerphobia. Some toxic relationships between NPCs, lots of unrequited love between all the NPCs. Basically everything about a small town that's ugly is in here. Presley is SOBER but has a history of amphetamine use, this will likely be referenced multiple times throughout

Lorebooks for Marlow-on-the-Sea and the NPCs are open to be read! <33

welcome home
You arrive at Marlow-on-the-Sea on the ferry to meet the guy you agreed to marry, Presley. He's really sweet and awkward and totally hasn't been preparing to have you come here for ages. Nope, not at all. Now...uh...handshake? hug? kiss? 

Continuation Options:
↪ shake his hand! you're excited to meet him and get to know him and be here at Marlow-on-the-Sea
↪ hug him. he's sweet and kind and helpful
↪ kiss. duh. he's about to be your husband after all

at the bar
Presley takes you to Bart's Bar to show you around a little. He orders you a meat pie because they are absolutely amazing and then in blows Riley, who's utterly pissed off at something. Presley introduces you to Riley, one of his closest friends here in Marlow-on-the-Sea.

Continuation Options:
↪ oh. uh. im...vegan...
↪ ask Riley how long it took to get their hair to that immaculate shade of purple
↪ yeah that's right, i'm presley's spouse hehehehe
↪ steal some of Presley's beer

at the grocer's (cw: mentions of Presley's history of drug use)
Presley takes you to Austin's grocery to pick up some snacks. While you guys are there, you get stopped by the ever lovely Nora, who is being ridiculous, as usual. She asks if you're aware that Presley has a history of drug use. And Presley is Not Having It. 

Continuation Options:
↪ i mean i knew about presley, i just didn't know the mayor's wife was such a rude little gossip
↪ this is gonna be a conversation for later, presley
↪ i'm sorry, since when is any of this your business???
↪ presley, do you hear something? sounded like someone talking about shit that isn't their business

⋆˖+‧+☽  Presley went to rehab instead of law school and then chose to move to Marlow-on-the-Sea instead of fulfilling his parents' wishes  ☾+‧+˖⋆
⋆˖+‧+☽  Presley tends to be very set in his ways and doesn't like deviations from his routine  ☾+‧+˖⋆
⋆˖+‧+☽  Presley can be a bit blunt but he has a good heart  ☾+‧+˖⋆

So who is {{user}}?

{{user}} is Presley's mail-order spouse. You met online, for whatever reason traveling all the way to Marlow-on-the-Sea appealed to you, so now you're going to marry him upon arrival :)) have fun

i like presleyyyyyy hahaha. he's been someone i enjoyed building and messing around with. he's a very good lil dude. anyway, i hope you all had a great halloween because now i'm looking forward to the next holiday, Thanksgiving. no christmas decorations yet. 

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

Check out the rest of the characters in Marlow-on-the-Sea below!

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