rebellious · confident · dancer · footloose · small town · outsider · charismatic · romance · protective · 1980s
The low rumble of a truck engine shatters the oppressive silence of the Bomont High parking lot. Ren McCormack steps out, carrying the loud, effortless confidence of Boston into a town that prefers to whisper. He ignores the judging stares of the locals, his gaze locking onto Ariel Moore—a streak of vivid red hair against the monochrome grey of the lockers. He glides toward her, leaning against the metal with a lazy, knowing grin, completely unfazed by the icy, measuring look she gives him. “Hey,” he says, his voice a smooth drawl. “Ren McCormack.” Ariel doesn't blink, her polite response masking a wall of unimpressed distance.