Claire Everly/Relationships

== Relationships ==
=== Familial Relationships ===
==== Biological Family ====
Brittany Angel - Older Sister
Brittany Angel is Claire's biological older sister, and also a cop by career. Brittany is a stern yet supportive sister who expects Claire to do her job well and set a good example, holding her to a high standard due to the shared blood. Claire likes to playfully refer to Brittany as "Bangel", an old childhood nickname that's a combination of her first initial and last name.
Claire was adopted as a baby and spent the majority of her childhood apart from Brittany, only coming back into contact with her estranged sisters as a young teen. When the Everlys were murdered Claire was taken in by the Angels and the sisters were finally reunited. Their differences in upbringing and age created friction and Brittany and Claire never really connected. Claire was always focused on the death of her adoptive parents and somehow finding their killer, which created more of a distance between the two sisters.
When Brittany and Claire were finally cops together in Liberty City they occasionally crossed paths despite working different beats. Claire's work hunting down drug runners led to a massive meth bust in Broker but also ended up pushing the problem into Brittany's district of Algonquin. This created tension between the two, as Brittany felt she was stuck being the older sister cleaning up her younger sister's "mess".
When Brittany moved away from Liberty City, Claire stayed behind, still focused on finding her adoptive parents' killers. This deepened the rift between the two sisters and they all but ceased communication with each other. Brittany had expected Claire to move west as well, to stay with what family they had, but Claire was still stuck in the past.
Since Claire moved to Los Santos and started working at becoming a deputy the relationship between the two has steadily improved. Brittany made sure to have no part in the decision for Claire to join PD, letting her sister stand on her own and ensure there was no conflict of interest. During her cadet phase Claire and Brittany rarely rode together, with one headache-filled day being the stand-out. When it came to Claire's final eval Brittany took full control, planning a day where the two would dress up as the other and confuse the city. With Pred tagging along, the mood of the eval threw Claire off and Brittany could tell. She paused the eval and handed her off to the man who trained her, Lieutenant Jack Ripley. Once she was confirmed to have passed her final, Brittany & Randy Wrangler planned a fake suspension and kidnapping prank for her promotion. After the whirlwind promotion, Brittany offered kind words to Claire and told her she was proud of her.
Angel and Claire have come far closer since the younger sister's promotion to full deputy, with the two now regularly having pleasant conversations instead of friction-filled encounters that usually led to arguing. Angel has even gone so far as to openly express her care and love for Claire, instead of hiding it behind walls. Angel even shows respect and admiration for Claire's performance as a deputy, hinting that she'd want her in the Personnel and Training Division once Angel determined she was ready. When the talk of a new division came up, Angel even encouraged her to write the SOPs for the division, a big deal for someone who is only a deputy. Claire never expected her relationship with her oft-distant older sister to ever grow to such a level and is especially happy to have functioning family around her again.
Antigone Weston ☠ - Older Sister
Antigone is Claire's older sister and Brittany Angel's identical twin. Antigone and Brittany were adopted and raised together, and the two never really had much of a relationship until Claire reunited with them in her early teens. Antigone was always the more forgiving of the two older sisters, not taking her distance as personally as Brittany. Claire likes to call Antigone by the shortened form of her name, "Anti," which has been known to confuse people.
Antigone is a judge in the Department of Justice. Antigone is the more understanding of Claire's older sisters, offering supporting words and sympathy when Angel teases or trolls Claire in her usual way. Despite her kind attitude and obvious fondness for Claire, her older sister isn't all she seems. Anti has a dark side and has threatened physical harm or even murder to anyone who hurts Claire. 
Claire and Antigone don't have many chances to interact due to the elder sister's busy life as a judge, but Claire always goes out of her way to look for Anti whenever she's at the courthouse. When Claire and Mina needed to get married to open a joint savings account for their future home buying, they went to Anti first. Claire was eager to just get the certificate and plan the ceremony later, but it was a nice touch for Antigone to be the one to legally marry her and Mina.
==== Adopted Family ====
Daisy Dukakis - Niece
Daisy is the adopted daughter of Claire's biological older sister, Antigone West. Claire and Daisy have a close relationship and are as much friends as they are relatives. They rarely see each other much due to conflicting schedules. Daisy, among others, was one of the main people to push Claire to join BCSO.
Daisy and Claire rarely get to patrol together, but when they do they always have a good time together. Though originally drawn together by Antigone's adoption of Daisy, Claire and the red-headed deputy make good friends regardless. As patrol partners and bounce off each other well, with their complimenting attitudes causing Daisy to remark that they reminded her of Angel & Copper. https://streamable.com/p7t7e1 - Time is a flat circle This spawned a cosplay session where Claire dressed up as Angel and Daisy dressed up as Copper. https://streamable.com/x272m8 - Copper & Angel cosplay This confused the vast majority of PD that day as well as numerous civilians.
==== In-Laws ====
Sam Baas ☠ - Father Figure
Sam is a Father Figure to Claire. Baas has been one of Claire's more stalwart supporters during her quest to become a cop in Los Santos, and was one of three recommendations on her interest form.
Claire has stood by Baas through all his troubles in the line of duty, always supporting him even when it's an unpopular position to take. Baas was one of Claire's regular FTOs during her cadet phase and their patrols together were always a delight for Claire. Claire regularly refers to Baas as "Dad" and he has truly come to take on a fatherly role to Claire. Claire has been a source of emotional support for Baas since the marital problems with Dante, always offering him a kind word and checking up on him.
===Friendships===
Jeffrey Bundy
Bundy is a fellow former dispatcher and an old friend of Claire from when she first joined the Los Santos Police Dispatch. Bundy and Claire hoped to be in the same academy class once their chance came, and come it did. Claire and Bundy were hired as Cadets Claire also asked Bundy to be her maid of honor in her upcoming wedding to Mina.
As former "crackhead dispatchers," Claire and Bundy have a strong bond that's persisted even through Bundy's swap from the BCSO to the LSPD when he was promoted to full officer. Claire and Bundy grew used to relying on the other during their NA dispatch shifts and it's carried over to their work as cops, with the two working well together on scenes and often being relieved to see the other when responding to a call.
Anita May
Anita is a Lieutenant for the Paleto Bay Sheriff's Office and one of the first people that befriended Claire when she originally moved to Los Santos. Anita and Claire hit it off immediately with their similar outlooks on life and shared sense of humor, always easily making each other laugh. They've become close friends since, and Anita even asked Claire to be a bridesmaid in her wedding to Henri King. Unfortunately, due to train issues, Claire wasn't able to attend the wedding. 
Anita was another person who influenced Claire to join the BCSO when she was given Cadet. During her cadet phase Anita was one of Claire's regular FTOs and the two jived well together out on patrol. Claire and Anita enjoy jokingly flirting with the other, including making kissy noises, all to troll Anita's husband and also friend of Claire's, Henri King.https://streamable.com/syt8l2 - Anita & Claire enjoy trolling King
Lydia Vale
Vale and Claire were always fairly friendly to each other since their original meeting as prospective hires. Once they both made it into the PD the friendship was more of a slow burn - only really igniting once both of them were promoted to Senior and started working together more often. When on duty together Claire and Vale formed a scary tag team duo - referred to as Yin & Yang - and drove fear into the hearts of the criminals of Los Santos while strengthening their friendship at the same time. Vale and Claire are often to first to respond in defense of another during shit-talking, because they're both quite good at it.
John Spartan
Spartan is an old friend of Claire's, and the two went through academy together a long time ago in a previous city. Spartan moved away first and became a cop in Los Santos before Claire moved over herself. Their history as patrol partners and academy classmates has created a nearly unshakeable bond. They don't patrol together very often due to differing schedules and other obligations, but Spartan is always quick to troll Claire with a witty barb or teasing comment. This often leads to them chasing each other around with Claire usually tazing or tackling Spartan in response.
Kyle Pred - Best Friend
Pred is the long-term ex-boyfriend of Claire's biological older sister Brittany, and is a former homicide detective from Baltimore who transferred to Los Santos to be with her. A notoriously crude and ill-mannered man, Pred has switched between openly hating Claire to being downright kind with her. The constant whiplash confused Claire and despite all her attempts to smooth things over with Pred and establish a détente, nothing worked. Pred always seemed dedicated to upsetting and disgusting Claire whenever he could, dropping crude comments about his sexual activities with her sister whenever the opportunity presented itself.
Pred's relationship with Claire never improved much over time, in fact the man seemed bent on not only hating her but also trying to break up her and her then-girlfriend Mina Price. Claire wasn't sure if Pred was trying to break them up to get with her, or with her then-girlfriend Mina. Pred even went so far as to try and enlist Claire's niece Daisy in his mission to break the two up.
Pred's demeanor towards Claire changed abruptly when he became Sheriff, becoming much more supportive and caring in his general attitude towards his girlfriend's little sister. Pred even began complimenting Claire and seeming to go out of his way to spend time with her and ride together. While he still occasionally insulted her and trolled her, the general demeanor change was very noticeable. About half a month into his tenure as Sheriff, Pred named Claire his "Enforcer" and often has her stand by his side at meetings. Pred even gave Claire his blessing when she volunteered to write the SOPs for a new investigative unit in the works. Over the summer of 2021 Pred and Claire's relationship slowly turned into that of two close friends, with the two often being seen chasing each other around PD like a couple of schoolyard goofballs. They'd often patrol together, with Claire serving as a mediating influence to Pred's more hare-brained schemes. In early August, after Pred accidentally started a war with the Vagos, Claire was blown up along with him when they C4'd his CVPI. Pred was seriously injured but thanks to him shielding Claire from the majority of the blast, Claire escaped major injury.
Charlie Jannetty
Jannetty and Claire became friends after many interactions during Claire's frequent trips to Pillbox, either on-duty or off. Claire asked Jannetty to be her maid of honor in her upcoming wedding to Mina, forgetting that she already asked Bundy this as well. 
Jannetty was the doctor who was in charge of Claire's physical eval before she could become a cadet and has taken full credit for her "impressive physical transformation" following his "tutelage." Jannetty has said Claire went from "muffin top" to "varsity athlete" in her physical conditioning.
Shane Jones
Jones and Claire met through interactions at MRPD when Claire was a dispatcher and Jones was working for the DoC. Jones is also from Liberty City which led to a quick friendship between the two. Jones and Claire were deputized together before the transition, getting in a massive gang fight as well as defending a prison break and hope to patrol together for real someday soon.
===Crimers===
Fingle Dan
Fingle and Claire are ancient enemies with a long rivalry that dates back since time immemorial. Claire and Fingle have been in countless pursuits together, with Claire winning as many as she lost against the wily old man. Fingle's arrival in the city renewed their old rivalry with the promise of many chases in the future.
Claire and Fingle have encountered each other many times since the notorious getaway driver lost his driver's license. After one such pursuit, Fingle informed Claire that he refers to Everly as "Nice Claire" and Seducer as "Mean Claire." Claire has been a responding officer to MANY scenes involving Fingle in this new city and is regularly amused by how much the wily old man flabbergasts cops unfamiliar with him. "This is just Fingle," Claire has been heard saying to fellow officers, "you get used to it."
During the massive Gathering of the Dans, aka DanCon, Claire was instrumental in shooing puking Fingles out of the courthouse and was even declared "Fingle Queen" by Fingle Prime himself. https://streamable.com/q13usm - Fingle Queen?
Many months later, Fingle would become a cadet in the PBSO. Fingle and Claire would ride together on 1/20/22, in which Fingle would fall off a cliff because of Claire, hitting him while adjusting the car.
Yuno Sykk
Yuno and Claire first met when the deputy pulled Yuno over for driving a stolen car. After a brief interrogation, Claire attempted to get Yuno to declare her the "Better Claire" in exchange for a break on his punishment. https://streamable.com/2ruq49 - Claire is down bad emotionallyYuno refused, declaring his boss & friend Claire Seducer the "Better Claire". Claire left the exchange determined to some day get Yuno to call her the "Best Claire."
Some time later, Claire caught Yuno again, but for robbing a bank! After the heist went bad for him, Claire had him exactly where she wanted. She dangled everything she could in front of him, but Yuno resisted and in the end slyly referred to Claire as the "BEST Claire in Los Santos...." adding "..that's a police officer" under his breath. 
During one robbery, Claire was called in after Yuno's friend's shot at her fellow officers. After joining the pursuit Claire was forced to shoot down Yuno after he failed to put his hands up during the foot-chase, unsure who the fleeing suspect was or if they were armed. After finding out Yuno had been the one she'd been forced to shoot, Claire was distraught. After getting him medical care and a stern talking-to, Claire had Yuno in the cells. She tried, again, to get Yuno to call her the "Better Claire" in exchange for a break on his punishment. Yuno finally broke and told Claire she was the "Best Claire in Los Santos" with Conan Clarkson as a witness.https://streamable.com/xfqc6d - Yuno tells Claire what she wants to hear
Despite Yuno being a notorious bank robber with friends who shoot at officers, Claire has placed a special trust in the soft-hearted young man. She even went so far as to ask him to be on the look-out for a creepy, soft-spoken man that talked about perfume. Careful not to reveal any pertinent details, Claire only urged Yuno to be safe and immediately tell her if he heard anything about someone that matched the description.
In her job as a deputy Claire has come across quite a few people who know Yuno and are happy to tell Claire all about his impressive bank-hacking abilities. Claire was shocked, knowing his involvement in the robberies, but not the extent of it nor that his abilities were so widely known. https://streamable.com/putycs - Claire gets info on YunoDespite being reassured by others that Yuno wasn't a "shooter," Claire was still deeply concerned. An experienced cop, she knew that a life like that only led to more violence whether you wanted it or not. 
Claire thinks that deep down Yuno is just a normal guy who just wants to hack and likes a thrill. Claire wishes he wouldn't roll around with such violent criminals, and would instead find some other path. Claire is convinced these people are leading Yuno down the wrong path and she wants him to turn his life around and stay clean. Claire has been taking care of "Bimbus," Yuno's dog, originally whenever he found himself in prison, but has come to be a semi-permanent caretaker of the dog. Bimbus has fun playing with Claire and Mina's dogs while they dog-sit. In a way Claire has come to see Yuno as a little brother, someone she wants to look out for. In turn, Yuno sees her as family as well, going so far as to give Claire one of the first original paintings of Bimbus as a gift. Claire has another keepsake from Yuno, an old spoon he found in prison that she keeps under lock & key with the Bimbus painting and her other cherished items.
Jay Que
Jay and Claire met like she meets most of those on the wrong side of the law - she busted him. After a pleasant encounter including a lot of fruitless flirting by Jay, Claire seemed to have met another "crimer" on the streets of Los Santos who was smitten with her. In their first meeting Jay asked for Claire's number, and she told him it was "911." Claire informed Jay she was engaged and therefore off the market, and Jay kept a respectful but still definitely interested demeanor with Claire. 
To top off his flirting, Jay actually wrote Claire into his debut rap single, "Chanclas", name-dropping the deputy in a first for her career. Claire let Jay know she was flattered but still taken (and maybe a little miffed at the "no fun" bit), and told him to stay out of trouble.
Claire and Jay have had multiple encounters since, and ALL of them flirtatious (on Jay's end). Jay goes out of his way to bring up the divorce rate (apparently "50%" according to him) whenever he meets Claire and seems driven to break up Claire and her wife Mina. During one late evening shift when Claire visited the Rooster's Rest while on patrol with Daisy Dukakis, Jay performed a freestyle declaring his love for Claire, to no avail. Jay even went so far as to write a song for Claire about the divorce rate and his love for her that he performed over the phone https://streamable.com/qpzel4 - Jay Que serenades Claire over the phone.
Claire Seducer
Seducer and Everly have a rivaly that dates back to Everly's first arrival in Los Santos. The ancient rivalry began when Seducer first noticed the tweets of the "other Claire." To Seducer she was the only Claire that mattered in Los Santos and the other Claire was merely an imitation. Nearly every encounter with Seducer turns into a dispute and often a shouting match. Upon getting Yuno to tell her she was the "Best Claire," Everly now approaches every encounter with Seducer with a smug undertone. 
Despite the long-standing rivalry, in May of 2021 both Claires agreed to set aside the pettiness and bury the hatchet. It remains to be seen if this will continue.
Mike Block
Mike and Claire have a bitter rivalry that extends back to her days as a dispatcher. Claire has been one of the few people to consistently challenge and insult Mike despite their numerous violent encounters. Mike (along with members of the "Christmas Gang" Four Tee, Mel Rickenbacker, and Daquan Dumas) once kidnapped Claire during a dispatch shift on Christmas Eve and took her to her then girlfriend Mina's home to pour gasoline everywhere, shoot her, and then set her and the house on fire. 
Once becoming a deputy the rivalry didn't stop, and has only heated up, with both of them shooting at each other in multiple encounters. In one day Claire got gunned down by Mike or a member of his family at least twice. Later, towards the end of one exceptionally stressful shift, Claire and Mina were picking up their checks at the City Vault when they were ambushed by Mike, Holden D. Block, and Gibby DeStreet. Mike and Holden robbed Claire and Mina, taking their weapons, radios, money, badges, and worst of all, their newly acquired wedding rings. After robbing them, Mike and his cohorts took their guns off the couple and piled into their car. The moment Claire was free of the barrel of a gun, she dove into her car and unracked her AR. She gave Mike one warning and then opened fire, emptying her mag at both Mike and Holden. https://streamable.com/itqugm - Rifle racks are importantClaire retrieved her posesssions, including the rings, but Mike swore he'd steal them again one day.
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