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ABOUT THOMAS

AGE: 25 years

BIRTHDAY: 22/02/1994

OCCUPATION: Freelance Journalist/Barista

GENDER: Cis Male

NEIGHBORHOOD: Central Westwick

HAS BEEN IN WESTWICK: 4 years

FACECLAIM: Jung Jaehyun

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Thomas hasn’t always had it easy, but that wasn’t to say that he didn’t always try to see his cup half full. His parents had an arranged marriage that fell apart mere two years after its ceremony and when his father found himself unemployed and bankrupt, alcohol and anger drove his wife and young Thomas away from him. He didn’t remember much from his early childhood and what he did remember, were his days at the Parker residence, a big mansion his mother found a job as a nanny and a tutor of the Parker’s older daughter, a little girl a few years older than Thomas.

He grew up surrounded by everything great that life had to offer, even though he knew that none of this were his. When Thomas was around eight years old, his mother fell ill and although the Parkers did everything they could to help her, she ended up passing away not much long after. Scared, alone and grieving, Thomas found himself not knowing what to do, but maybe it was just his luck or maybe that really was a nice family, but the Mrs. Parker decided to take him in and adopt him, since she had grown quite fond of Thomas and his mother. Even though he was very grateful, Thomas did everything he could to somehow pay her back for everything she’d done to help him. It was a big family, with several kids running around, so it was awkward for him at first, but he eventually grew into the Parker family.

He was smart and very good with his words and despite having been accepted in several big colleges, Thomas chose to stay in LA because it was close to home, so he didn’t have step out of his comfort zone. Working and studying was hard, but he pushed through and was able to graduate in Journalism. After graduating, he moved to Westwick along with some friends to share an apartment with. He’s still pursuing a career in his area, but the competition is harsh, so he balances his time between his freelance articles and his hours at the cafe he works at.

✓ positive, approachable, hardworking ✘ gullible, aloof, impatient

This role is played by Bru

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ABOUT SHAWN

AGE: 26 years

BIRTHDAY: 12/04/1992

OCCUPATION: Chef

GENDER: Cis Male

NEIGHBORHOOD: Central Westwick

HAS BEEN IN WESTWICK: Forever and always

FACECLAIM: Kim Seokjin

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When he first entered school his parents started having marital troubles. His dad cheated on his mom and the young boy had seen him at his office, making out with his secretary. His dad had tried to explain to him that sometimes adults liked having fun, but that it didn’t mean he loved his mom any less. The man asked Shawn to keep the secret and for a few weeks, the guilt completely ate him up.

He ended up getting physically sick, vomiting every time his mom tried to talk to him and ask what was wrong, until finally, he simply exploded, crying to his mom that dad had asked him to keep a secret and he didn’t want to disappoint him. His dad still loved her, the young boy had said, he just liked kissing other girls at work.

The divorce was imminent and he barely saw his dad while growing up.

His mother showered him with love, and that’s when he learned that through food, someone could express emotions. Meals were an experience, his mother would do his best to spoil him, and since she worked as a cook in a cheap diner, Shawn experimented with food and restaurants’ environments since he had a memory.

School wasn’t easy.

Shawn didn’t have the intelligence other kids had, and it wasn’t because he was dumb, his interests were just different. He enjoyed reading, he liked knowing about things, the universe, humanity, feelings and chemistry. But Math? Biology? It felt like all the more structured classes were not his forte, he was a more artistic guy, a more deep one, and the school system wasn’t his thing.

And maybe it was because of his dad, maybe it was because he saw his mom grieve for a love that didn’t make her happy, that didn’t fulfill her, but love was never easy for Shawn. He used school to discover himself, realizing he was gay when he was only fourteen, and coming out to his mother was the easiest thing in the world. The difficult part was actually being able to be in a relationship. The fear of cheating was too big, and when his first boyfriend actually fooled around while dating him, Shawn felt like he was just not made to be loved. Maybe Shawn and his mom had more things in common than he thought, but despite that, he gave love another try. Until his heart was broken again. Shawn didn’t turn into a slut, into a man who didn’t like commitment and just fooled around, he just decided there was no one out there who would love him like he deserved, so he focused in cooking, his real passion, figuring that if one day he found a person worth risking his heart, he would know it.

Culinary school distracted him from broken hears, and allowed him to experiment and develop the artistic and deep side he always knew he had. Food was an experience to be shared, every plate had feelings involved, and Shawn made sure to express everything his busy brain couldn’t say with words.

That’s how he got the experience he needed to do internships and work at different places, finding himself at 26 working under the wings of one of the most known and famous chefs in Westwick, hoping to learn everything he can from him to one day, open his own restaurant.

✓ good friend, loyal, patient  ✘ close-minded, stubborn, distrusting

This role is played by Emma

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ABOUT KYLE

AGE: 28 years

BIRTHDAY: 04/01/1990

OCCUPATION: Public Accountant

GENDER: Cis Male

NEIGHBORHOOD: Central Westwick

HAS BEEN IN WESTWICK: 13 years

FACECLAIM: Kim Jongin

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Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, along with his sister, Kristen, who is two years older than him. And because they were so close in age, they shared a good relationship with one another. Over the years, his parents’ marriage had started to crumble more and more. His father would lash out towards his mother, while both he and his sister were told to just mind their business and never interfere.

Once Kyle was sixteen though, he had decided enough was enough. Especially once things had become physical between his parents. The second his father turned that aggression on him, however, his mother took him and his sister and left.

With nowhere else to go, they ended up leaving the country for Westwick, Aunt Jenny offering a place for them to stay. She was in the midst of flipping a property she had just purchased in Central Westwick that had an apartment upstairs they could stay in.

Rather than fixing it up to sell for a profit though, it was actually Kyle who spoke up and suggested keeping it to open their own business. It was the perfect location, after all, being in the middle of the city.

It took some convincing. They all managed to find work and part-time jobs while finishing up high school and continuing to renovate the place in their downtime. Kyle started to make it his mission to prove that they could do it. That they could start up a cafe. He kept track of their finances and crunched numbers.

Just before graduation, the family had finally reached the conclusion that maybe it was worth the risk. And then they were opened for business: The Grind — both a play of coffee, and the grind the family worked through to get to where they were.

Kyle stuck around for a couple years after high school to help with the cafe before he decided to try college and work on a degree in accounting. Three years into getting his degree, he found himself in a fling that ended in a completely unexpected pregnancy. And to make matters worse, a pregnancy with a woman he’d only ever slept with, no connection.

The news had them trying to build a connection and a relationship though. Still living with his mom and sister under the same roof, his mother offered for her to move in with them. Especially the further along she became in her pregnancy so that they could help her. And apparently, help keep her sober as well.

Thankfully, little Ryan Lee was born without any complications but his arrival certainly didn’t improve the situation. What relationship there was between Ryan’s mother and Kyle, was toxic more than anything. They were complete opposites of one another, always arguing, constantly getting into little tiffs. It was when she brought drugs into their home that everything changed. Kyle’s mother stepped up and put an end to things this time, keeping her out of their home, shielding her son and grandson.

Kyle took custody of Ryan and after trying one last time to get her to straighten herself out, to get help, she refused. So, he cut all ties with her for his own sake, and their son’s. He managed to finish up his degree with the help of his mom and sister looking after Ryan when he couldn’t, and he ended up getting into an accounting firm where he could practice and continue his education towards becoming a certified public accountant.

Now having a firm grasp on his own life again, Kyle moved out with Ryan and found a place nearby so that he could still visit frequently, and even occasionally help around the cafe when he can.

✓ charismatic, hardworking, warm ✘ competitive, destructive, impatient

This role is played by Billie

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ABOUT WOOJIN

AGE: 25 years

BIRTHDAY: 03/24/1993

OCCUPATION: Painter / Blogger

GENDER: Cis Male

NEIGHBORHOOD: Central Westwick

HAS BEEN IN WESTWICK: Five months

FACECLAIM: Park Chanyeol

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The boy who had everything in his life but didn’t think he had enough. Did this mean that he was selfish? Son Woojin honestly didn’t think he was because he always tried to think of others before thinking about himself. He tended to put everyone else first but he couldn’t give the priority to everyone at the same time. That was precisely the reason why his life was so complicated at the moment and instead of fighting to fix it, he ran away to Westwick where he lives with his cousin.

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Woojin always had everything his parents wanted him to have. Money wasn’t a problem to his family because they were a second generation of chaebols. His parents always tried to give him a comfortable life with everything a child would wish for. They offered him an amazing education and allowed him to have all his friends he wanted. They gave him the freedom he wanted. Until the day that everything changed. This happened when he turned thirteen years old and after that day his parents decided it was time for them to control their son’s life.

They always had a plan for him but they needed to find the right time to excuse it. As the oldest son, they expected him to lead the family’s company one day, but because he never showed any interest in what his father’s job was and what he did in the office, they decided that they needed to force him at liking it no matter what happened, even if he ended up hating it. Therefore, Woojin stopped hanging out with his childhood friends and his parents even moved him to another school with the hope that he would spend more time with the children they wanted him to be friends with.

They even started to schedule their son’s free time. It was their decision to choose which sport he would play after classes and they also determined how much he needed to study every day. Most of his books were confiscated because they weren’t intellectual enough. No manga. No anime. He wasn’t even allowed to watch movies whenever he wanted. His time on the laptop had a restriction too and dating someone while he was a teenager was impossible, because no one was good enough for his parents and he didn’t like anyone his parents wanted him to meet.

Art and painting was the last thing they allowed him to do and it was because they thought this was mature enough for him. Between brushes and colorful colors, this became his sanctuary and his parents’ biggest mistake because as soon as he finished high school, Woojin went to college to study Fine Arts. His parents weren’t aware of this until it was too late and then it was already too late for them.

Deciding that he had enough from his parents, he moved out as soon as he turned eighteen with the help of his grandmother. She was the one who paid for his graduation and offered him an apartment too. Not wanting to feel like he wasn’t contributing and wishing to pay her a small rent, he also worked a few part-times. His parents were always against this rebellion but there was nothing they could do because they had no control on him anymore. Woojin travelled to some countries outside of Korea too and created a blog with his photos. He wished that his parents could see them one day and realized that they couldn’t cage someone as free as him.

But everything changed again five months ago and it came so unexpectedly that it caught him off guard. He found out though his parents that the family was struggling financially and they needed capital to not lose everything. That was when his mother proposed an arranged marriage for Woojin and that this would be the only way to save their family. Despite his hesitations and knowing that he also needed to think about his younger sister, who was only fourteen years old, he decided to accept the offer and his parents decided to use this chance as a way to convince him at taking the company one day, as this would be what his ‘fiancee’ would expect from him too.

Caged once again and with no way out this time, Woojin just asked for a year away from Korea so he could enjoy his freedom for a bit more. His parents felt indecisive about this but at the end they agreed as long as he would stay with someone from their family, so they would always know where he was. This condition made him decide for Westwick and it hadn’t been a terrible idea because it had been a while since he saw his cousins who lived there, and he wouldn’t be completely under his parents’ control. Seven months is all he has now before it’s time to move back and even if this still seems like a long time, it doesn’t seem enough for him.

✓ easygoing, idealist ✘ weak-willed, conformist, secretive

This role is played by Dee

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ABOUT JAMIE

AGE: 23 years

BIRTHDAY: 09/01/1995

OCCUPATION: Medicine Student / Intern at Westwick General Hospital

GENDER: Cis Male

NEIGHBORHOOD: Central Westwick

HAS BEEN IN WESTWICK: All of his life except for the college years

FACECLAIM: Jeon Jungkook

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Jamie Song was born and raised in Westwick, being the first son of a couple who had moved from Korea to settle in California. His childhood was pretty normal, his parents were both doctors who worked lots of hours in Westwick’s General Hospital but they somehow made everything at home work. They had twins when Jamie was only 2 years old so he didn’t grow up alone, the twins becoming his company and his eternal love. He would do anything for his siblings, so he made sure to grow up and be a good example to them.

School had always been easy for Jamie, his dreams of being just like his parents making him study hard. He didn’t have troubles with girls, he was always social, confident and someone loyal, both as a friend and as a boyfriend. But of course, things couldn’t go that good forever, right? His mother fell sick with cancer when he was sixteen, and after only eight months, she died. It was a hard time for the young Jamie, but he stood strong for both, his dad and the twins. He was even more sure after his mother’s death that he needed to study medicine. He wanted to be like her, like the doctors that helped her spend her last days with less pain. So when high school was over he immediately went to Medical School.

During those years he really missed his siblings, but he made sure to visit as much as he could. Now, he’s about to graduate and he decided to do his internship in Westwick’s General Hospital. He knew it would be hard, mostly because his dad was now the Director and he didn’t want anyone to think he hadn’t earned his place there, but he couldn’t stay away from home much longer.  He now lives on his own, doing his best to survive the internship and the frantic ships, caffeine becoming soon his best friend but truly enjoying each day of his life.

✓ talkative, loyal, persistent ✘ stubborn, impatient, immature

This role is played by Emma

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ABOUT DAMIEN

AGE: 34 years

BIRTHDAY: 01/21/1985

OCCUPATION: Police Officer

GENDER: Cis Male

NEIGHBORHOOD: Central Westwick

HAS BEEN IN WESTWICK: Been back for a couple years

FACECLAIM: Nick Sagar

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Damien was always a bit of a rambunctious child growing up. As soon as he was old enough he was raring to go into the water, whether it was to swim, surf or sail, he didn’t care he wanted to try it all. His father was right there with him nudging him along to try new things and experience life. Up until that very last day he was right with him teaching Damien new fun tricks out on their sailboat, that was until tragedy struck. The storm had come on fast and at one point they were just holding on and praying they made it through. In the middle of the chaos Damien lost sight of his father and even as he desperately search from the side of the boat he still could see no sign of him.

The coast guard searched for days but his body was never recovered. The loss of his father rocked his family but it hit Damien the hardest. Guilt weighed heavily on him and even though he was barely 11 he still wished he’d done more to find his father, to save him. He struggled to move on, to move forward even as his family did. When his mother remarried the wound was still fresh and he often found himself at odds with her and his new stepfather unable to understand how she could just move on. He put his attention into sports, playing anything that would keep him out of the house and other free time was spent on the sailboat, his last connection with his father.

By the time he turned 18, he hadn’t really come to terms with what happened during that storm. He wanted to help people, to save people and despite some adverse reactions from his friends and family he found himself signing up for the military. Being in the military gave him the structure and training that he really needed. He felt at home there and once he came back from deployment it didn’t take him long to sign up for another. He loved his family but his brothers in arms were his family too.  

It wasn’t until another tragedy rocked the family that Damien finally came home. The news of his sister’s overdose had taken him by surprise, he hadn’t even known she’d had a problem. To be honest with the distance he’d put between he really didn’t know his family anymore. Taking it as a sign he needed to make a change, he moved back to Westwick determined to mend what relationships he had left with his family. Something he should have done a long time ago.

✓ friendly, loyal, independent ✘ detached, unpredictable, reserved

This role is played by Davinna