Melanie Atwood

Melanie Atwood is a character role-played by steamcharlie.

General Information
Melanie Atwood came from New Jersey to San Andreas with her at-the-time fiancé, Elliot. Elliot was a 'business partner' of her brother's who was moving to San Andreas to establish himself in the white collar crimes of the city. Unknown to Mel, her relationship with Elliot had been more-or-less arranged between her older brother, Donnie, and Elliot as a means to keep Elliot close to Donnie's dealings in New Jersey, and that while physically attracted to Mel, Elliot had no emotional attachment to her at all. He played the part, and placated her with expensive gifts, vacations, and a supply of party drugs like Ecstasy and LSD.

The suggestion of an open relationship came from Elliot as a way for him to continue to sleep around without repercussions or worry of 'getting caught'. He continued to keep her distracted with wealth and drugs and putting in the bare minimum to keep Mel on his hook and stay on Donnie's good side. It wasn't until after meeting and connecting with Ruger that Mel began to see through the façade and double standards that Elliot displayed. Once he figured out that his games had been found out, Elliot dumped Mel for his most recent fling and left Mel alone in Los Santos with nothing but her beat up BF Surfer and whatever cash and drugs she had on her.

Melanie and Ruger have been together ever since.

Relationships & Connections

 * Lyonel Ruger: Primary Paramour
 * 3+ years together
 * Ruger, as he prefers to be called, is Mel's "Ride or Die" relationship. They have gone through a lot together, including financial hardships, addictions, and establishing their polyamory dynamic and the emotions that come with it.
 * They met at a blacklight rave. Mel was very newly in an open relationship/engagement, while Ruger was familiar with it without the emotional attachments. At his apartment, Mel began to come down from the party drugs she had taken at the rave and began to panic at the idea that she was about to have sex with someone outside of her relationship. Ruger recognized the signs and calmed her down, choosing to take care of her and talk with her about polyamory and how he approached it rather than pursuing the sexual encounter they had originally engaged.
 * Keith Jaeger: Secondary Paramour
 * As of Aug/Sept '21
 * Mel considers Keith as more akin to second Primary rather than a Secondary
 * Has discussed her fondness for Keith with Ruger, admitting to Ruger first that she was starting to love him to be sure that he would be alright with her pursuing a more intimate relationship with Keith.
 * Artorius King: Casual Secondary/FWB
 * Mel and Artorius have an extremely casual sexual connection
 * Mel considers him a friend, and they have both agreed that their relationship is purely sexual and neither have any intentions of developing it beyond 'Friends with Benefits'

Trivia

 * Mel and Ruger have two matching tattoos: Right arm sleeves of skulls and roses, and a cartoon style fish on the left side of the neck
 * Has a love of bright bold colors and designs in her clothing choices
 * Finds Keith in his PBSO uniform to be extremely attractive. Not because of the uniform itself, but because of how excited and happy Keith is to be achieving something he's worked so hard for
 * Tends to adapt her styles to the partner she is with at the time. Ruger draws out brighter colors and eccentric accessories, while Keith is more geared for comfort and utility. When previously also seeing Tsury Nanakaze, she would often wear dark colors with edgier accessories after he mentioned liking "big titty goth girls".
 * Not many things could stand in her way when she gets protective of Keith and Ruger
 * Often speaks plainly and bluntly, sometimes coming across aggressive or bitchy