Ashley Robinson

**Ashley Robinson** (neè **Monstraca**) is an original character created by Darkest Shadow. She is the mother of Louis and Lyra.

## General Info

Ashley Delila Robinson is a forty-two-year-old woman living in Autumn Springs, Connecticut. She is a dentist, who has her own shop a few towns over, known as Robinson Dentistry. She gets an average of about 20-35 patients a week, and gets great reviews. She loves what she does, and gets good money for it.

She grew up in a poor household with two older brothers and a sick mother. Her father was sent to prison for reasons unexplained, and her mother passed away when she was twenty. The money in her will helped pay for her education.

Ashley married Donatello Robinson in 1997, and then had two children. First came Louis in 2000, and then Lyra in 2004. The two raised both of their children with tender love and care. However, in 2015, Donatello's job relocated to somewhere in Texas. When he asked his family to come along, she unfortunately had to listen to her kids and stay here, because they love it in Connecticut. Now she watches over her kids on her own.

## Personality

Constantly dealing with two kids, Ashley leans towards the more 'cool and carefree' mother stereotype. She gave up on being the perfect mother after trying with her first. While her partner enforced more discipline, she was more lenient with the kids.

Ashley was an abrasive child. Growing up with two much older brothers, she didn't fit in with the other girls in her school days. She didn't feel like putting in the time to care for her peers, and turned down any opportunity to trust them. She smoked weed with her brothers by the time she was only eleven, and built a bond with them and them only.

As she became older, she learned how to love and care for how others felt. She learned that other people didn't experience a childhood as rough as her's. At the same time, she learned that some of her friends had it far worse.

## Relationships

### Family

Ashley and her family have a rough history. She didn't get to know her father very well, and only visited a handful of times through her life. Her mother tells her that he was a good man with the wrong intentions, but her brothers disagree.

Vivian didn't pick a favorite when it came to her children. She felt a special connection with Ashley because they were both girls at one point. Raising her was particularly the easiest because she had a good sense of what her habits growing up might be like.

Ashley doesn't talk to either of her brothers very much. Growing up, they spent time together, but not with her as much as they did each other. They visit each other around once or twice every three to five years, due to them being scattered across the country. Ashley liked Wyatt more because they were closer in age.

Her son loves his mother very much. Though he was much closer to his father, he did spend a lot of time around Ashley. It was Ashley that influenced Louis to become a surfer after seeing how great at it she was. She does everything she can to help Louis out in life, especially since her father is rarely around to help him.

Her daughter loves Ashley with all her heart. Lyra always trusted her mother with all of her secrets. She supports her in all of her sporting events and helps her get through life. She was much harder to handle than Louis, because she was much more clingy. Lyra came out to her mother as bisexual, which she completely understood and took fine, but Lyra didn't tell her father in fear that he won't be as accepting.

Ashley doesn't know her nieces and nephews that well. While they sometimes call each other on holidays and birthdays, she only saw them a handful of times through their lives and constantly mixes them up when talking about them. Ashley feels like she played a bigger part in witnessing her husband's niece and nephew grow up more than her own family's.

### Donatello

Ashley loves her husband. They first met when the two both were at dinner in New York and both of their dates left them. That's when they started to date each other, which blossomed into a marriage and birthing two kids. They all lived happily together until Donatello had to move away to Texas. Not wanting to deal with the pain of divorce, Ashley and Donatello are still married, though they only see each other once-three times a month now. He will return in a few years to reunite the family.

### Phillip

Marmalade's father, Ashley and Phillip have met on several occasions. Ashley views Phillip as a relentless person who treats her daughter terribly, which is why she grew up the way she did. Over time, she learned to see eye-to-eye with him, and prays that he changes for his new wife.

Things changed after their children ended their relationship for good. Even though Phil is on Louis's side, she didn't buy it. In fact, she threatened Philip, saying that if he tries to hurt her son, she will end his life.

### The Caleros

Emma's parents, Ashley and Lorraine went to high school together a long time ago, but they didn't talk to each other that much. When she found out she was Emma's mother, the two became great friends. Ashley doesn't talk to Richard very much, but he gets along with her nicely.

### Emma

One of Louis's closest friends, Ashley loves Emma like a daughter. Originally, she thought that they were dating instead of her and Marmalade. Emma is very polite towards her, as she has known Louis the longest.

### Marmalade

Louis's ex-girlfriend, Ashley used to like Marmalade a lot. She viewed her as a strong woman and an ideal match for Louis. However, when she found out about her cheating on him, her feelings drastically changed, saying that she's not even close to being good enough for her son.

### The Gang

Ashley likes to have Louis's friends over, and they all respect her.