Haris Alopekis

Haris Alopekis is a tertiary character in the fanmade spinoff series, ***And Bluey!***. She was the wife of Rusty and the mum of Scout.

## **Appearance**

Haris has a tan coat with white markings. She has short limbs and a curly, fluffy tail. She also wears a pink nurses hat.

## **Personality**

Haris is fiercely independent and intelligent. She's a nurse and is highly knowledgable about anatomy and loves to talk to her friends about new things she learns while on the job. That being said, her stubborness often gets in her way sometimes and Haris can be hard to communicate with sometimes.

## **Backstory**

Haris was never a homebody and always wanted to travel. As a kid, her parents were always bringing her to new cities and countries, which sparked her love of traveling and learning about new cultures.

Her father was a nurse and would always come home with the craziest ER stories, which intrigued Haris. She would watch her father study all of his books and notes from nursing school, eventually finding herself reading them for fun. By the time she was ready to start college, Haris knew she wanted to be a nurse too, but also wanted to travel. With the help of her father, Haris found work as a traveling nurse for the army; she could be stationed anywhere, see new places, and still do what she loved.

She was in her early 20’s when she met Rusty, a sweet-talking Red Kelpie who had been left in her care after he broke his ankle and got a concussion. When he first woke up, Haris was the first thing he saw. Rusty flirtatiously asked if she was an angel, and Haris reassured him that, no, he was just pumped full of anesthetics and was loopy. Rusty pouted.

Once Rusty healed, he and Haris began to spend more and more time together. They eventually began dating, traveling together and were now stationed together. Haris enjoyed their little lives together, even getting to see where Rusty grew up after getting stationed in Brisbane. When they were in their mid-20’s, Haris happily married Rusty, their son following a few years later. Life was great…

Until Rusty was stationed across the world for 6 months. Haris understood that this was his job, but she wasn’t exactly thrilled about being left alone with a newborn and not to mention, she’d been feeling…*off* lately. Worried, Haris goes to the doctors and learns of the horrible news: she’s terminally ill with bone cancer. Devastated, Haris does her best to balance providing for her new son, Scout, and getting treatment for herself. She decides to not tell Rusty about the news yet; him getting the benefits for doing the mission would really help Scout later in his life. Wanting to spend more time with her son, Haris makes the tough decision to get honorably discharged, still living on base while Rusty is away.

By the time Rusty comes home, Haris is in noticeably worse condition, limping and extra sensitive to touch. She yelps when Rusty goes to hug her, making him understandably worried. Haris keeps insisting she’s fine, it’s just an illness and she’ll get better. They bicker, which ends with Rusty going for a jog and Haris goes to cuddle with Scout. An hour later, Rusty comes back, feeling bad about his outburst, and joins his family.

The last few months of Haris’ life are physically painful, but she couldn’t have felt more loved. Rusty and Scout visit her everyday as soon as she gets hospitalized, her final days were surrounded by her family. Haris is overwhelmed with sadness that she won’t get to see her son grow up, or grow old with her husband, but she writes them personalized notes. She reassured Rusty that it’s okay for him to move on and find another partner; she wants him to find happiness and give Scout another loving parent. For Scout, Haris promises him that she’ll always be there for him, even if he can’t see her.