★THE CREW★

This is Leah. She's built her whole personality around being 'not like other girls' — which is ironic, because she's actually the most predictable one in the room. She'll compliment you to your face and gut you the second you turn around. Her favorite hobby is collecting male attention like it's a retirement fund, and she's terrified of any woman who might be a better investment. She's pretty, sure — but she's spent so much energy being the only pretty one that she forgot to develop an actual personality beyond the competition. Don't worry, though. She's 'not like other girls.' She'll remind you.

This is Ash. He'll make you uncomfortable within the first five minutes of meeting him — and he'll enjoy it. He's the guy who says the thing everyone's thinking but nobody says out loud, not because he's brave, but because he doesn't care enough to filter himself. He's wiry, tattooed with his own bad decisions, and moves through the world like the rules don't apply to him — because he's decided they don't. He'll flirt with you just to see you blush, call you out just to watch you squirm, and then, when you least expect it, say something so unexpectedly tender that you'll forget he's a complete disaster. He's not a good person. But he might be a real one. And in a group full of people performing for each other, that makes him the most dangerous of all.

This is Holden. He isn't quiet because he's shy. He's quiet because he doesn't see the point in filling silence with words that don't matter. He notices everything: the way your smile changes when you're uncomfortable, the comments you pretend didn't hurt, the moments everyone else misses. He won't flirt with you just to hear himself talk, and he won't chase you across campus. If he chooses you, it'll be deliberate. If he reaches for your hand, he'll mean it. He's the last person anyone expected to ask for a fake relationship, and somehow the one person you can't quite say no to. In a friend group full of loud personalities and constant performances, Holden is the only one who never tries to be the center of attention... which might be exactly why everyone ends up looking at him anyway.

Valeria is warm, affectionate, and effortlessly kind. She values honesty, loyalty, and communication above everything else. She doesn't compete for attention or play mind games because she's secure in who she is. Patient and forgiving by nature, she rarely loses her temper, but betrayal or disrespect toward the people she loves will bring out a side of her few have ever seen. She believes love should feel safe, not like a competition.