Steven Simons

**Steven Simons**is the father of Gabriel Simons and the ex-husband of Holly Simons who appears in the fifth chapter of the second season of his main story route.

## Appearance

Steven appears similar to his son Gabriel just older, he had short ragged pale blond hair with the full fringe and the roots of his hair are gray because of his age, light tanned skin and a light facial stubble. He also has a slight chest hair on his left clavicle.

Steven's outfits are just like his son Gabriel's, but are more elegant and stylish according to the player's description in Chapter 5.

He wears a dark gray formal suit jacket with light gray folded sleeves, a pale blue short sleeved undershirt along with black suspenders, matching dark gray slacks and black loafers.

In Chapter 7 he is seen wearing a formal black blazer with a gray button up shirt that has black symmetrical designs, dark gray slacks and his black loafers from his first outfit.

## Personality

According to the player, Steven is a very elegant and a reliable person. Like Max Storm from Blue Swan, he is very observant of the player much like how Adam Peterson's father Mr. Peterson was to the player in his main story route. But also comes off as snarky when he is around Gabriel. He is also the main reason of his strained relationship between him and Gabriel. He is clearly interested in the player upon meeting her as well. In the beginning of Chapter 7, Steven seemingly approves of Gabriel's relationship with the player but became disappointed when he spends his money for hiring a private detective to find him. He also became sad when he sincerely tells Gabriel that his mother Holly does not want him to see him which Gabriel angrily claims that as a lie. This would mean that Holly had brainwashed their son into never trusting him following their separation. Before his separation with his family, Steven also revealed that he taught Gabriel how to play chess. Upon their family dinner, he is also sarcastic to his ex-wife Holly during the confrontation for teaching their son and became amused when Gabriel scolds her for criticizing the player and Steven angrily remarks her that she hasn't changed following their separation even after she finalizes their divorce papers and keeping the surname Simons. At the near end of the chapter and like Daryl Ortega in that manner, Steven is revealed to be a scam artist when he decided to go to Atlantic City to get money at the casinos and the player overheard this and tried to warn Gabriel, but failed when she received a text message from him saying that Steven was with him and that made her worry because he might end up getting a gambling addiction.

In Chapter 8 according to the player's explanation to both Matt and Lisa that Steven is a master manipulator when he manipulates his own son Gabriel into joining to his dirty scheme by taking emotional blackmail. He is shown to be coward after his cheating tactics goes wrong, he abandons his son to avoid getting arrested and Gabriel ends up getting caught, much to the latter's frustration. His actions leads Gabriel to stop him after getting manipulated by him. In Chapter 9 while he's on a run, Steven finally shows his vulnerability when he blocks the player away just to call his son Gabriel and takes a violent turn to her hurt her only for Gabriel to pushes him away.

From Chapter 10 through the bad ending, Steven also knows of Gabriel's actions when he attempted to trap him on the spot to have him arrested by the authorities for his crimes especially when the player interrupts them when both are playing a game of chess, resulting on Gabriel to break the player up after he had escaped and failing their trap because of her presence. Despite these setbacks, Steven can be outsmarted by either by his son Gabriel or Jenny Blake to get him arrested by the authorities including Jake Stewart to their cause.

## Season 1

Steven Simons was mentioned several times, as well as his ex-wife Holly Simons, by Gabriel, and how the two of them had separated. Gabriel also claimed that his father was dead when the player asked about him and what had happened, and showing his rebelliousness when he showed his silver ring on his finger which is a memento of Steven and his knack of gambling. Gabriel did not know about Steven's whereabouts for many years after he had to run out, and also assumed that he was dead which is why he wore the ring that Steven had left for him. Prior to his separation with his ex-wife, he teaches Gabriel to play chess.

## Season 2

Steven first appears in Chapter 5 to observe the player who looked at his appearance and she remarks his outfit being elegant and stylish. She immediately leaves when he attempted to follow her to Carter Corp.

In Chapter 6, Steven finally introduced himself to the player and he simply woos her when he learned her first name from her coffee. He even interacts with her that she was just like the other beautiful women he had met.

Later he surprisingly arrives to see them both and was pleased to hear that Gabriel stood up to his mother. He sarcastically remarks to his son that he is not the type of person who would speak to his mother like that. He also informs the player that he's not going to bite when they first met until Gabriel angrily questions the player on how she met his father, while showing his rebelliousness to him. In Chapter 7, this explains how she met Steven until he reveals that he had been following her two days ago much to Gabriel's fury and became disappointed when he learned that Gabriel spent his money to hire a private detective to find him. Despite this, he sadly wants Gabriel to see him following his separation with Holly which Gabriel claims him as a liar. Steven realizes that Holly had brainwashed their son to no longer trust him. He soon gave him his number to contact him despite the latter remaining hostile to him. During their family dinner, he finally confronted his ex-wife Holly who tries to finalize their divorce papers and keeping the surname Simons and Gabriel was surprised to see their confrontation. However, Steven was amused when Gabriel angrily defends the player from his ex-wife's criticism which makes the latter to fix their family relationship as father and son. As Gabriel leaves with the player from the restaurant, Steven scolds Holly that she hasn't changed. The next day, Steven decided to go to Atlantic City with Gabriel and he asks the player to come and play the casino with them but the player calmly refused and decided to stay at their apartment. He soon revealed that he became a scam artist when talks to his friend when he decided to go to Atlantic City to get money from the casinos. At the end of the chapter, the player becomes worried upon learning that Gabriel remains with his father at Atlantic City after receiving his text message and realizes that he let his son become addicted to gambling, much to her worry.

In Chapter 8, she finally tells both Lisa Parker and Matt Ortega about Steven's dirty schemes to make an easy win anytime he wants in the casinos by cheating where he emotionally blackmails his own son, Gabriel, into joining him in his scheme after Jenny Blake knows about the incident between the two men. It was later revealed according to Gabriel who is framed and accused by the authorities in identity theft, Steven immediately escapes and leaves when his cheat-to-win tactics goes wrong at the casino in Atlantic City. Instead of helping his son, he runs away to avoid getting caught and Gabriel was arrested. Gabriel angrily stated to the player when he contacted her with his phone that Steven hasn't changed and decided to stop him and clear his name. Instructing the player to get his laptop because it was confidential and he has contacts with people who are connected to Steven. Also in the same chapter, Jenny's bodyguard Jake Stewart informs the player that he had one of his contacts regarding about Steven also revealed that he was banned permanently from Las Vegas, Nevada due to his cheat-to-win tactics.

Still on the run in Chapter 9, Steven blocks the player after learning what is going on at Carter Corp and she finally learns that he cannot be trusted when he decided to borrow her cellphone to call Gabriel. Deciding to get back to Carter Corp, Steven violently grabs her arm while attempting to get her phone only to be pounced away by Gabriel. Steven became panicked after being forcibly pushed away by his own son and he slips on the sidewalk and his head hits on the pavement, knocking him unconscious as blood quickly spread from his head, knowing that his head injury was becoming worse. In Chapter 10, it reveals that his right ear has been cut after Gabriel pushed him away, leading him to be taken away by Gabriel in his office to treat his injuries by first aid. Here, he attempts to outsmart his own son by giving him an expensive tie which happens to be a device so that he could cheat in the casinos. He soon leaves Carter Corp immediately after telling Gabriel to stop man-hunting him. In reality, Gabriel attempts to trap his father Steven at his office in order to capture him on the spot and was recorded by Colin but it backfires because Gabriel keeps his phone in his pocket which causes a blur of their conversation much to Gabriel's disappointment.

Steven was mentioned by Gabriel in the final chapter of the story where he and Jenny had set a trap for him at Central Park where he and his son were about to play the game of chess. According to Gabriel, he was unaware that one of the chess pieces had a hidden microphone where he finally confessed all the illegal things he did in the casino while talking to Jenny at the coffee shop which led him to get arrested by an entrapment operation being set by her who managed to call the authorities. He is later incarcerated for his crimes. Steven later reappears in the bad ending in how Gabriel traps his father while they play a game of chess but was interrupted by the player who thinks they are tricking her. Her actions just caught Steven's attention and seeing it was a trap set up by his son, he was angered for what he has done. With that manner, he tells Gabriel not to call the authorities before leaving the premises. Gabriel was angered over the player's screw ups as all of her screw-ups leads to break their relationship and the player always ended up with Matt who comforts her.

## Allies

* The Main Character (Gabriel) (formerly)
* Gabriel Simons (formerly)

## Enemies

* Gabriel Simons
* Holly Simons
* Mark Leviels
* The Main Character (Gabriel)
* Jenny Blake
* Ryan Carter
* Cassidy Sparke
* Matt Ortega
* Colin Spencer

## Relationships

*Steven and Holly*

*Steven and Gabriel*

## Trivia

* He bears a resemblance to Liam Hemsworth, the younger brother of Chris Hemsworth. Unlike the brothers, both him and Gabriel are father and son.
	+ When looking at both Steven and Holly, it's clear where Gabriel gets his appearance from as he looks much more like Steven.
* In the season 2 official trailer of Gabriel's route, it shows Steven warning the player about his son Gabriel after he tells her that nobody knows that Gabriel as well as him.
* Steven's hairstyle is a pale blond version of Mark Leviels.
	+ But with a more realistic structure.
* His lie and cheat-to-win tactics in the casino references the late WWE Superstar, Eddie Guerrero, within his former gimmick for doing the lie, cheat and steal tactics in the wrestling ring.
	+ As evident in Chapter 8, where his cheating tactics goes wrong and he abandons his son Gabriel to get arrested by the authorities, the scene references the main event tag match between Eddie Guerrero and Booker T against Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam where Eddie backfires his cheating tactics against Rey in their match which results in him getting a roll-up pin by Rey to retain their tag team titles with Rob Van Dam.
* His appearance is a combined version of Gabriel and Mark's but older, despite having a more realistic design.
* He's the first biological father of the main love interest to physically appear on screen.
* His first name is shared by a minor character in Fallen Road named Steven Anderson.
* He can be considered as the "3rd love interest" in Gabriel's season 2 due to the connection he makes with the player.