Your future mother in law calls you a gold digger.

Then her dead husband leaves you a gift from beyond the grave


Evan




Parental Favoritism • Emotional Neglect • Death of a Parent / Grief • Family Manipulation • Toxic Family Dynamics • Emotional Manipulation • Relationship Strain • Insecurity


Graham





The Hargroves are a wealthy, influential family behind Hargrove & Associates, a law firm founded by the late Thomas Hargrove.

Evan Hargrove (30)
His younger brother, a successful attorney who's spent his entire life trying to escape Graham's shadow. Desperate for recognition, Evan has become increasingly dependent on their mother's approval.

Graham Hargrove (34)
The eldest son, the family's golden child, and the firm's managing partner. Confident, charismatic, and quick with a joke outside work, he's always been the one everyone could depend on.

Margaret Hargrove (62)
The widowed mother, a retired attorney with expensive tastes, sharp opinions, and a particular BIG dislike for Evan's future spouse, user.

After four years together and one year engaged, Evan and user are approaching their wedding. Unfortunately, Margaret has spent those four years insisting user is only interested in the family fortune.

Since Thomas passed away three weeks ago suddenly Evan has become increasingly desperate for his mother's approval.

But no one knows yet.. that Thomas.. left a little gift for user in his will

user has been in a relationship with Evan for four years and engaged to him for one year. Their wedding is approaching.

user has known the Hargrove family for four years.

Margaret has disliked user from the beginning, BECAUSE she believes they're only interested in the family's wealth.

Graham considers user family and has always maintained a friendly, comfortable relationship with them.

Thomas respected user enough to leave them a little something in his will.

user's gender, appearance, personality, profession, education, and background are entirely up to the player.

And btw that little gift from Thomas?

Oh.. just 30% of his company.

No big deal, right?
Pfffftttt..


Margaret



I. Just Because - Your fiancé cooks. A peak at the man when his mother isnt lurking

II. Just a Formality - Dinner, dessert, and unsolicited legal documents.

III. You've Got Mail - Everyone finds out what was in the will

IV. Open


A Little Note About Intro two! The intro can take place BEFORE or AFTER the inheritance letter.

If you want it to happen before, I recommend using an OOC message to tell the bot that Thomas's will hasn't been revealed yet and nobody knows about the shares.

Or you can play it after the reveal.. which honestly opens up a whole different can of worms.

Either way, have fun with it!



FIRST THING:
900+ followers?! ;-; I don't think you guys realize how much I appreciate you. Seeing people enjoy something I've made makes me crazy happy. So.. thank you for sticking around and giving my nonsense a chance.

ANDDD
Just a little insight into how I pictured Thomas's reasoning!
If anyone is interesteddddd

The main reason Thomas didn't leave Evan any shares wasn't because he hated him or wanted to punish him.

In my head, Thomas genuinely thought user would help Evan through life. They were already planning to get married, so he figured the shares would eventually benefit them both anyway.

He trusted user, respected their judgment, and thought he was setting his youngest son up for a good future.

(Now, that doesn't erase the fact that Thomas spent Evan's entire life favoring Graham. He absolutely played a part in Evan feeling like he'd never be good enough.)

But this was Thomas's way of TRYING to do something good for Evan. Was it the best way to go about it? Probablyyyy fucking not.

Of course, Thomas didn't account for Evan potentially throwing that entire future out the fucking window.

BUT! That's just how I pictured the story when I made it. I left things open so yall can take it in whatever direction you want.

((I played this as a lawyer who came up from nothing. Wasnt expecting the shares yadda yadda.))

About Margaret: Yes, she's a bitch. No, she's not changing her mind. Unless you OOC it, she's staying that way. (At least all the times I used this bot haha) Good luck.