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5.1 Custody / Adoption / Chosen Family

5.1 Custody / Adoption / Chosen Family

Control document for adoptions, guardianship, chosen parenthood, children, and animals. This document exists so every child, teenager, animal, or dependent is written through action, body, bed, food, guarding, and actual responsibility, not through a generic “everyone is family” sentence.

Custody / Adoption LineEntry PartWho Holds Actual ResponsibilityAge / Stage at EntryWhat Must Be Written Physically
TheoPart 2, Chapters 29-33Alex and Piper togetherBorn around Month 9 after Day Zero. Alex and Piper deliver him, his biological mother dies near the birth, and in Chapter 29 he is around 10 months oldPassing between arms, seat, food, sleep, fear, crawling, attempts to stand, who wakes for him, who holds him during danger
HenryPart 2Emma and Regina as full co-parentingAge 10 on Day Zero, almost 12 at the start of Part 3, turns 13 during Part 5Do not write him as a tiny screenwriter. He is a smart child living between two mothers and a community
MaxPart 4Alex and Piper as unofficial anchorAround 15-16Sharp, angry, protective, independent, and vulnerable under the bite. She is active in the children's journey, the Steve/Anya road line, and around Lucas; later she reads Vauseman too fast and stays near them because they do not offer pretty pity
ElevenPart 4Regina as personal guardian, Lexa through spatial sight, Cosima/Delphine through later researchAround 15-16On the spectrum / autistic-coded, very intelligent, no powers, no weapon role. She reads weight, distance, water, doors, glass, mud, structures, movement, and patterns; adults must learn to listen without using her as a tool
DustinPart 4Robin as emotional guardian, Raven as technical mentor, Finn as warm balance; Dustin's grandmother returns in Part 6Around 15-16Show him as a genius and annoying child, not a tiny adult. His grandmother's return is a family payoff and does not erase the bonds built with Robin, Raven, and Finn
WillPart 4Ava and Sara as temporary emotional guardians, Joyce returns in Part 6, Will remains close to AvaAround 15-16Will loves animals and animals are drawn to him. This is active through Scout, Beta, the farm/animal line, and later Noah's-Ark-style spaces. When he returns to Joyce, Ava's emptiness opens again without jealousy
LucasPart 4Young group, Anya as harsh mentor; Lucas's mother returns in Part 6Around 15-16He lost his father and was separated from his mother. He does not want “new parents.” Anya teaches survival, not soft adoption; his mother's later return restores a root without erasing Anya's mentor line
MikePart 4Nancy as big sister and anchor until Karen and Holly returnAround 15-16Siblings holding onto each other, without turning Nancy into his mother
EricaPart 4Lucas / Hawkins kids first; Lucas's mother returns in Part 6Younger than the main Hawkins kidsSharp, smart, controlled, not only sass. She is already with the kids and does not return with the Part 6 Hawkins women wave
Avalance siblingsPart 6Sara and AvaGirl age 7 and child age 3, names TBDRescue convoy finds them after two weeks alone. The older girl survived with intelligence reminiscent of Sara+Ava
Sarah Walker / Chuck childrenPart 6Sarah Walker and Chuck, after Chuck's death the community wraps Sarah and the childrenTwo biological children and two adopted on the road, names/ages TBDDo not make the children decoration. Chuck's death in Part 7 must leave real responsibility
Future Clexa girl / teenagerLate Part 7Clarke and LexaAround 10-12, name not lockedNot a bandage for Part 6 injury. She arrives after they rebuild trust
BetaPart 1Robin, later Will also helps with animal lineGoatRope, food, location, who holds her. A joke, but a real animal
ScoutPart 1Community, Henry, Will and the childrenDogEmotional and physical security, not decoration
Princess SparklePart 3Summer until her death, then WillChihuahuaLeash/bag/fears. After Summer's death, Will's adoption must be written as action
The catPart 4Animal line, Will/Summer/Robin by sceneCatJoins toward the end of Part 4. Another sign that the camp attracts life
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