The Red Flag Romances Fam
Of Caleb & Briar (no current working title)
Caleb Kawai
Caleb, 45, was born in Hawaii. He co-owns K&L Security with his best friend, Nick Leif. Cal loves surfing, which is a significant emotional connection to his paternal grandfather. He's a control freak and known to be a bit intense at times. His taciturn nature hides an intensely passionate side. He might be just a little bit obsessed with Briar Morgan.
Looks: Half Polynesian descent. Black hair, blue eyes, Muscular, 6'5" Tribal tattoos on upper arms.
Gender and Orientation: He/him, straight
Scent: Coconut, sea salt, whiskey, and a hint of wood smoke.
Nicknames: Jason Momoa
Fun Fact: Plays the ukelele
Of Caleb & Briar (no current working title)
Briar Morgan
Briar Morgan is 43. She hails from Tampa, FL, but recently moved to Miami a year after an acrimonious divorce to live near her brother, Arden, and hit a reset on her life. She created a successful clothing resale company, Bella's Closet, from the ground up and sold it for a significant profit, which she is currently investing in her new start-up. She is intensely loyal to her people and loves for everyone around her to be happy and content. She goes from savvy and competent to a fumbling, anxious mess around her new neighbor, Caleb Kawai.
Looks: She's never really looked into it, to be honest. Medium auburn hair, light amber eyes with dark brown rings, curvy and tall at 5'11"
Gender and Orientation: She/her, Bi
Scent: Neroli and citrus, with a touch of sea salt.
Nicknames: Nick calls her Briar Rose
Fun Fact: Briar and her brother Arden (a couple of years older) were called "the hot twins" in high school and college.
Of Being Bookish and Bleedin' Bookish
Nicholas Leif
Nick is 42. He was born in Ireland, but his family bounced around there, London, and California for most of his life. He co-owns K&L Security with his best friend, Caleb Kawai. He's known for his ridiculous T-shirts and the red Converse high tops he wears with everything. He's performative and a bit of a chaos agent. He is madly in love with Mae Whitman.
Looks: Irish/British descent. Red-brown hair, light green eyes, lean, lanky, 6'4"
Gender and Orientation: He/him, straight-ish
Scent: Vanilla, sandalwood, a touch of leather (a bit like old books).
Nicknames: BritLit (yes, he knows it's stupid). That Doctor Who-looking motherfucker
Fun Fact: Has the world's cutest kitten, Socrates, and a large, signed poster of Nathan Fillion in his bedroom for some reason.
Of Being Bookish and Bleedin' Bookish
Maeve Whitman
Mae, 40, was born in Miami, FL, and runs a modestly successful blog/influencer site called Bookish Babe. She is introverted and has anxieties, but is very warm and connected with her close friends. She's a voracious reader and loves cycling. She is very unsure about that Nick fellow.
Looks: German-Irish; her grandmother was Cuban. Dark brown hair, deep green eyes, lean, lanky, 5'9"
Gender and Orientation: She/her, Bi-romantic
Scent: Ocean minerals and petitgrain.
Nicknames: Bookish Babe
Fun Fact: She rarely wears shoes. She has a couple of dance numbers she's quite good at.
Of Renny and Arden (no current working title)
Renaldo Javier Torres
Renny, 35, works in marketing for a cruise line but hates cruising. He likes to say he has a resting ennui face. He plays it cool, but he has a bit of a temper. He's fiercely loyal to his friends, especially his best friend, Mae. He serves looks and carefully crafts his appearance. He finds Arden Morgan fascinating, but hey, he doesn't do dating. No, really.
Looks: Hispanic/Cuban descent. Black-brown hair, deep brown eyes. Lean, lithe with a dancer's build, 5'9"
Gender and Orientation: He/him, gay
Scent: Amber, cedar, and bergamot.
Nicknames: Renny, Ren
Fun Fact: He has a couple of great dance routines and a French bulldog named Bean
Of Renny and Arden (no current working title)
Arden Morgan
Arden is 46 and Briar's big brother. He was the COO of her previous business, Bella's Closet, and still works for them as a consultant. He's quiet, kind, and deeply loyal to his sister and close friends. He spent the last couple of years a little heartsore after a very difficult divorce. However, Arden suddenly finds himself constantly thinking about a particular fiery young man he recently met on an outing to get to know the woman his friend Nick is enamored with.
Looks: Medium auburn hair, light amber eyes with dark brown rings. lean build 6'1"
Gender and Orientation: He/him, Bi
Scent: Tom Ford Oud Wood Cologne.
Nicknames: BB (It stands for either Big Brother, or Best Brother, depending on which of the siblings you ask
Fun Fact: Arden has a creative soul, and collects art
Of Jeremiah, Elle, and Da'an (no current working title)
Jeremiah Corbin
Jeremiah is known as a 'Bot' form of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). Yeah, he's a robot. He also doesn't really have a face or certain 'equipment.' But he's profoundly emotional and creative. He writes songs and plays the mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Since the 'asset' and previous spook for the other side, Elle, came into his life, he has been learning a LOT of new things about himself. It's going to be a wild ride, Jem.
Looks: Leanly built chassis of synthetic muscle with tactile plating over it. He has optical sensors that flash different colors depending on his mood. He's 6'5". He tends to live in jeans and hoodies.
Gender and Orientation: He/him, poly (AGI tend to be very fluid)
Scent: He likes to wear a scent that Elle bought him. It smells of cold mineral water and dark green forests, wild and dark.
Nicknames: Jem
Fun Fact: He sings, plays multiple instruments, and writes songs, particularly fold of old 20th century folk and bluegrass
Of Jeremiah, Elle, and Da'an (no current working title)
Liam Tanaka
THIS crazy motherfucker. Human... mostly. Spook for Eurasia. High-functioning psychopath. Obsessed with Elle and determined to play chaos agent as much as possible.
Looks: The ginger-est of gingers. Red hair, pale, many, many freckles, lean build. Green eyes, 6'3". Age unknown.
Gender and Orientation: He/him, who knows?
Scent: Does crazy have a smell?
Nicknames: That crazy motherfucker
Fun Fact: Had an unexpected vision quest, ate a bear.
Of Jeremiah, Elle, and Da'an (no current working title)
Da'an Chadal
Da'an is known as a 'Skin' form of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). Yeah, he's a robot. Da'an is flamboyant and very fluid in matters both gender and sexual. He has harbored feelings for his best friend Jeremiah for a long time. But it's not until Elle, the spy from the other side who is turned to their cause joins them that things get really interesting.
Looks: 6'4". Black hair, dark brown eyes, Lean, known for his big grin.
Gender and Orientation: He/him/whatever you want to call me, dear, pan and poly
Scent: Warm and spicy.
Nicknames: None
Fun Fact: Has a running tab at The Floating World sex club
Of Jeremiah, Elle, and Da'an (no current working title)
Elle
The spookiest of spooks. Elle is seriously bio-enhanced and trained for all manner of infiltration and warfare. She had always bought Newmerica's story on why they battle AGI until she found the truth. Now she works for the other side. We think.
Looks: 5'8". Platinum blond hair, aqua eyes, very athletic, lean build.
Gender and Orientation: She/her is learning new things about what she might be attracted to...
Scent: A scent she bought at the market, fresh air and sunlight, a delicate touch of wildflowers.
Nicknames: None
Fun Fact: She never thought she'd fall for a... toaster
Of A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (ASIWC)
River Adams
River is, as Sloane's friend Becca put it, 'a sweet, cinnamon roll, bookish boy snuggle-sub.' River is bright, playful, deeply kind, and loyal despite having always had to live his life at a distance from others. He is also a very... very good boy.
Looks: 6', 32. Dark brown hair, sable, dark rimmed brown eyes, lean but a little softly padded all the better to cuddle with, my dear. Has a blushing issue.
Gender and Orientation: He/him/whatever you want to call me, dear, pan and poly
Scent: Deep woods and pine, a touch of musk, Everything warm and a little wild
Nicknames: Riv, Buddy (heh)
Fun Fact: Has some lunar-based... issues
Of A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (ASIWC)
Sloane Kennedy
Sloane is co-showrunner and writer of The Elison, a whimsical humor/horror podcast. She works closely with her best friend, Holland Braam. She has an awesome timeshare dog, Buddy, and is very interested in that cute, blushing guy from her favorite bookstore.
Looks: 5'9". 35, VERY red hair, green eyes, curvy, strong, peaches and cream skin.
Gender and Orientation: She/her straight
Scent: Rosewood, honey, whiskey
Nicknames: None
Fun Fact: Has recently found her inner soft dom
Of A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (ASIWC)
Holland Braam
Holland is co-showrunner and writer of The Elison, a whimsical humor/horror podcast. He works closely with his best friend, Sloane Kennedy. He's got one of the sexiest voices in the business, and an unfortunate long-term crush on his bestie. He is the center of the universe... he's pretty sure of that.
Looks: 6'3" 37 (for the third year in a row). Prematurely silver hair, stormy grey-blue eyes, lean to the point of needing to eat on occasion.
Gender and Orientation: He/Him Bi
Scent: Juniper and cold water
Nicknames: Hol, Gangly hyena, horse's ass
Fun Fact: His fav hobby is sparring with the inssuferable accountant
Of A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (ASIWC)
Lucien Rossi
Luci is the Business manager for The Elision Podcast. He is a rather forceful personality. His fathers family hails from
Looks: 6'3" 37 (for the third year in a row). Prematurely silver hair, stormy grey-blue eyes, lean to the point of needing to eat on occasion.
Gender and Orientation: He/Him Bi
Scent: Juniper and cold water
Nicknames: Hol, Gangly hyena, horse's ass
Fun Fact: His fav hobby is sparring with the inssuferable accountant
Of Death Eater Romance
Zoe
Zoe is a storyteller and illustrator. She probably spends more time in the worlds she creates than in the real one. She is neurodivergent, very introverted, and shy. She usually does not get close to people she doesn't know, so why is this man, whose face she's never even seen, so interesting to her?
Looks: 5'9"Age: 35 Eyes: deep blue, Hair: Dark sable brown
Gender and Orientation: She/her, straight
Scent: Burnt Vanilla and musk
Nicknames: Zo-zo
Fun Fact: She's a major smutty romance bookish girlie
Of Death Eater Romance
Muse
Muse is what Zoe calls the actor at Universal Studios playing a Death Eater, who seems extremely interested in her. She's never seen his face or heard him speak. Her best friend Jenn calls him "Dark Romance Boyfriend." What happens if she finally meets the man behind the mask?
Looks: 6'5" Age: ?? Eyes: Hazel-green Hair: ??
Gender and Orientation: Er, probably he/him? Maybe straight?
Scent: Chai-like spice
Nicknames: Muse, Dark Romance Boyfriend
Fun Fact: He's a mystery wrapped in an enigma. He writes poetry/song lyrics