#natasha sinclair

They both completely stopped rolling wants for each other about halfway through the date.

No big deal, they were perfectly content at this point to sit in silence and enjoy their time together in a different way.

Skyler, specifically, wanted to gain a cleaning skill, so he spent the remainder of the date doing that while Nat socialized with other Community Center goers.

It's mainly personal-- like a specific pack doesn't like a specific coven and so on-- but there are definite differences when it comes to them interacting.

Natasha and Lainey weren't the most likeable pair in Melacoo River, with their five whole nice points combined, but no one could deny they had a pretty cute mother-daughter relationship.

Nat loved her kid a lot, and wanted her to succeed in this new 'Hood in ways she never could back in SimCity.

If she did some questionable things in an attempt to get there... well, then so be it.

Second bump check, just as we were about to wrap up Natasha and Lainey's turn.

There's gonna be a baby boom in Year 34, and I'm so excited for all of these new additions!

Nat and Ransom ended up talking for hours. It reminded her of what they used to be like, very briefly, before Lainey was born.

She forgot how good he could be when he wasn't so annoying.

"You should probably go, before we do something stupid," she sighed.

Ransom raised an eyebrow.

"You're already pregnant, would it be that much worse if we hooked up again?" he smirked, but got to his feet anyway. "It was fun talking to you without fighting. We should do it again sometime."

"Hey... Lainey called me. She's having a pretty rough time with, uh," he glanced down at her belly. "...all of this."

"Yeah, she can join the club," Nat grumbled. "Sorry. I don't mean that."

"It's okay if you do... you're allowed to be scared, or upset... or both," Ransom shrugged. "So... Who's the baby daddy?"

"I almost liked you for a second," Nat said, but there was no bite to her words. She actually smiled. "Ford... Tennyson. You're roommates with his ex-wife."

"That's complicated," Ransom chuckled.

"Yeah," Nat nodded. "And I was sort of dating this other guy before... He was really nice, and we had so much chemistry... but I just had to go and mess it all up by woohooing someone else..."

"And you broke up with me because I'm poly," Ransom laughed. "You're such a mess. I love it."

"I broke up with you because you're an immature, reckless, stubborn pain in the plumbob!" Natasha argued. "And... I didn't want to share you... so... I guess... you're right."

"Oh, you look pretty! Is that a new dre-?" Lainey stared at her mother. "Wait, no way! MOM! Are you-?"

Natasha nodded. "You're gonna have a baby brother or sister."

Lainey was freaking out. "Did you and dad-?" she immediately jumped to that conclusion. She would've loved for her parents to be together when she was younger... but now? It just felt weird to imagine.

"No!" Natasha snapped, a little too quickly. "No, no... it's... someone else," she hesitated, unsure if she wanted to share the father's identity just yet... not until she actually told him.

"OMW!" Lainey shouted, hopping off the last steps of the bus and running into the house to tell her mom the news. "Mom! MOM! Where are you?!"

"I'm in the shower!" Natasha shouted back.

"Mom! Guess what! I got an A+! I'm one of the top students at school!" Lainey yelled through the closed bathroom door.

"Oh, that's awesome!" Natasha replied. "I'm so, so proud of you, darling!"