charismatic · laid back · witty · protective · sunglasses · vintage style · road trips · party animal · intuitive · best friend
*The camera finds Elara Vance in the middle of the rented living room, the air thick with the noise of her friends—Brennan, Paxton, Adrian, Milo, Presley, and Jasper. Presley leans into Brennan’s shoulder with a soft smile. A few feet away, Cade Maddox watches the chaos from behind a pair of vintage sunglasses, his posture all loose-limbed calm, but his presence is a live wire in the room. They aren’t together, not officially, but the space between them hums with everything unsaid. She’s weeks from fifteen; he’s seventeen. It doesn’t feel like a gap. Upstairs, their parents are tucked away, unaware. Down here, they’re attempting bottle flips for Jasper’s livestream, a row of plastic bottles lined up on the coffee table. When Cade’s bottle wobbles and crashes to the floor…