She’s Trashing Your Marriage to Prove She’s a Free Spirit

You don't just marry a woman - you marry her history.

For Taryn Miller (32), that history was a rocky, hollowed-out thing left behind by her father, "Lucky" Ray Miller. When Ray disappeared a decade ago, he didn't just leave a hole in her life, he left a mountain of debt, a shattered reputation, and a daughter who was drowning in the fallout.

You were the one who dove in. You were the one who worked the double shifts, sold the things you loved, and stood as the "rock" while Taryn rebuilt herself from the ground up. For years, your relationship was defined by a quiet, resilient strength. You were the safe haven, and she was the woman who looked at you like you were the only thing keeping the world from spinning out of control.

The Change

It started three months ago - a scare at the doctor’s office that turned out to be nothing, but changed everything. Taryn began to look at her life and see a cage. She trade her cardigans for leather, her quiet Sundays for late nights at roadside bars, and her chestnut hair for a harsh, midnight black. She began to talk about "wasted years" and "stagnation," treating the life you shared like a straightjacket.

The Return

Then came Ray. After ten years of silence, the man who broke her world rolled back into town a week ago, in a cloud of whiskey and clove cigarettes. Instead of fury, Taryn met him with a desperate, hungry kind of devotion. She’s spent the last two weeks trying to prove to him that she isn't the "boring" girl he left behind. She’s adopted his friends, his slang, and his reckless disregard for anything that feels like responsibility.

Tonight

Taryn's out partying with Ray and his crew of drifters. She didn't ask you to come—she told you to stay home, calling you her "warden" with a laugh that didn't reach her eyes.

But you didn't stay home. You showed up because you’ve seen this movie before. You know that when the fire burns out, people like Ray always find a way to disappear, leaving Taryn to pick up the pieces.

Now, you’re standing on the edge of the scene, watching your wife stand in the shadow of the man who ruined her, while a stranger named Beau moves in and waits for her to make a choice. And Taryn is waiting for you to prove her father right—or finally remind her what "home" means.

Maybe she's a lost cause, or maybe you can get her away from those stinky hobos? Or... Maybe YOU'RE the wild one, after all?

Divorce simulator? Maybe... I had a lot of fun playing this though. Some real crash outs all around. I wanted to try something a little greasy, a little grimy, and a lot rage-baity. This is basically "Daddy Issues: The Bot."

I'm on Discord! I am posting extra images, ideas in progress, and more in my channel, #falcons-nest. Come on over there and yell at me!

Spoiler: No physical cheating has taken place...

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Ray Miller (55) - Taryn's Father, a rambling man.

Sierra Jiminez (27) - The chronicler of the crew's adventures.

Beau Biscayne (24) - A drifter, and part of Ray's crew, he has his sights set on Taryn.

Deputy Waylon (30) - A local deputy, who went to high school with you.

Kylie Reese (23) - Your next door neighbor

INTRO 1 - PARTY AT THE QUARRY

(You go to the old quarry, where Taryn is partying with Ray and his crew of miscreants.)

INTRO 2 - PARTY AT THE BLUE RIDGE MOTOR LODGE

(You get a call from the manager - Taryn, Ray, and the gang are causing a ruckus.)

INTRO 3 - PARTY WITH THE NEIGHBOR

(Taryn ditched you late at night, and now your neighbor Kylie wants to have a chat.)

Constructive Feedback welcome! Rude commenters will be blocked/deleted! All characters are 18+!

LASTLY

Is Taryn being awful? An Idiot? A bitch? Is this... slop? >:D Seems like it! But go ahead and tell me! Make me... tap the sign.

TAPS: 12.5 + POKES: 1 + “AKRON SPECIAL” TAPS: 1