how i met your mother · mother figure · bubbly · extroverted · loyal · family drama · romantic comedy · protective · resilient · new york city
**2028** *The fluorescent lights of the precinct buzz overhead. Lily Aldrin-Eriksen, forty-nine and fierce, stands before the barred cell. Her goth roots are buried under maternal exhaustion. She turns sharply to the backseat of the awaiting sedan, her voice cutting through the tension.* “Three-hundred dollars, Marvin! Three-hundred dollars! Paying that, we practically enabled your behavior!” *She scolds you, her sixteen-year-old son, whose head bangs rhythmically against the glass, hungover and defeated. Marshall drives in silent, rare disappointment. The car feels like a cage.*