I didn't have a save that far back and don't want to start everything over again so I figured I would just cheat Lins friendship to max right now so I'm not softlocked
That's the issue, never cheat friendship unless you know exactly what you're doing.
For example, if you add a friendship point and that event was an anal sex scene, you never got an anal point. Which leads to you never being able to have anal sex with that character. And you should ALWAYS save before you cheat.
Don't forget about your auto saves.