needs: everything? buddies, neighbors, childhood friends from his summers spent here, et cetera. i haven’t outlined his love life yet so if you think they’d have chemistry send your ideas to me! at this point i don’t know if he’s single or married or what so i’m flexible for the right plot. annnnd i feel like he has a little sister in town; details are pretty open sans growing up outside middlebury, spending most summers here with their grandparents, and living here now, whether that’s a new thing or something that’s been going on for a few years. stuff and things.
when you’re a young adult going to a public high school in middlebury, vermont, image is everything. being a part of something is everything, especially when you’re part of a group that everyone knows. these guys have watched each other grow up, from birthday parties at the local mcdonalds’ jungle gym to middle school dances to house parties and keg stands when someone’s parents were away. through the best - like senior year, when the football team won the state championship - and the worst of high school, these guys were always there for each other. somehow, though, graduation proved to be too trying for them to stick it out. some have gone their own way, and some have stayed in middlebury to create homes and families. either way - no matter how hard they try to forget, the friends they made and kept for twelve years of their life are hard to cut ties with. somehow, by some stroke of luck (or misfortune) they’re all in town to attend elijah and valentina’s wedding. y i k e s.
*side note: names were just the most basic names i could think of. u do nOT i repeat DO. NOT. have to use them. in fact please don't xo. faces are suggestions, but if you could keep the twins poc and obviously the same race that would be 👌🏼 also the backstories and blurbs are suggestions, the relationships listed are ~basically~ suggestions unless they’re with an already-made character. basically, it looks intimidating but it’s really not!! we all out here to have fun and enjoy all the drama! change the characters, add characters if they’re in the age range. go wild. i sure have w this post.
“bobbie” (29-31)
reserved for coral
bobbie + mia: twins
bobbie + valentina: slept together in hs when he had a girlfriend bc he always had a lil crush on her tbr
bobbie + elijah: best friends; michael is matt’s best man in his upcoming wedding
bobbie is the Good Guy of the group. had kind of a rough childhood, his father disabled and his mother working as the school custodian. hard working, down to earth, loyal to the end and willing to help everyone in the group out. he played football with the rest of them in high school, otherwise his mild-mannered temperament probably wouldn’t have landed him in the same social circle. precious cinnamon roll. must protect at all costs.
face suggestions: michael b. jordan, alfie enoch, charles michael davis
“mia” (29-31)
reserved for lana
mia + elijah: having an affair
mia + joey: dated for like a year in hs
mia + noah: she cheated on dev with sam and then they dated for a short time
unlike her twin brother, nathalie is not so pure. her upbringing hardened her - she’s brash, unapologetic and sometimes downright rude. she’s known as being more of a fun time than commitment material, but tbr that’s fine with her because she doesn’t see herself settling down in the foreseeable future.
face suggestions: nathalie emanuel, tessa thompson, kat graham, zoe kravitz
“joey” (29-31)
joey + mia: dated for like a year in hs
joey + noah: used to be best friends with sam until sam slept with his gf… now they hate each other
back in high school, dev was known as the pothead. incredibly smart, but a serious case of Wasted Potential because he got caught with enough to get an intent to sell charge during his freshman year of college and since, has been kind of hating his life.
face suggestions: dev patel, rami malek, godfrey gao, bob morley, dylan o’brien, miles teller, kit harrington
valentina (30, lindsey morgan, jenn)
valentina + elijah: engaged!! the rzn for the szn
valentina + cass: besties; jamie is eiza’s maid of honor
“oh she's sweet but a hoe” - brought to u by jennifer. that’s it for now. more to come.
elijah (30, matthew daddario, anna)
elijah + ashley: brother and sister
elijah + theo: used to be best friends until armie knocked up matt’s sister and left without a word hehe
“the quiet smart one that lowkey didn't belong but somehow ended up there. dan humphrey but not poor and the Worst. now eli is a 2x New York times best selling author who is burnt out and in a rut and kinda mean to everyone cuz of it but ultimately has a big heart but is just sad” - anna™
“noah” (29-31)
reserved for emma
noah + ashley: married; he’s basically her (and armie’s) son’s dad
goofy but well-meaning perpetual sidekick - to his former bfs dev, his ex nathalie, and now his wife adelaide. doesn’t know how to be alone.
face suggestions: sam claflin, grant gustin, jack falahee, tyler posey, tyler hoechlin
cass (30, jamie chung, alex)
pioneer of the rbf, never leaves home without her planner, and was probably a black cat in another life. she grew up just above the poverty line but has worked really hard so that no one would ever guess her roots. she's a lil prickly, but not Mean and she's v passionate about supporting the ppl who have earned her loyalty.
theo (30, armie hammer, morgan)
theo + ashley: dated for not that long before she got pregnant and he peaced tf out of there because he sure as hell wasn’t ready
grew up living with his grandparents and getting occasional visits from his crackhead parents (a few times with a new sibling in tow). high school golden boy and football star who left his family and friends behind after he accidentally knocked up adelaide after a short fling… oops. became a travel journalist to escape his problems and is lowkey lonely as hell and ready to grow up.
“ashley” (28)
reserved for maddie
maternal type, always looking to look after others despite being the youngest of the group. can be pretty cynical and woe-is-me at times but like… c’mon. she had a kid at 17 so cut her some slack! now she’s married to sam and she’s not sure if she really loves him or if she’s just glad to have someone to help her raise a kid.
face suggestions: sophie cookson, willa holland, aja naomi king, alicia vikander, nina dobrev, priyanka chopra, naomi scott
brilliant but lazy will go on his gravestone. can hold a grudge like no other. prefers to be miserable and poor rather than make up w/ his parents over something that happened in college. obvs v mature. has smoked pot every day for the last fifteen years and shows no signs of stopping. has jumped from dead end job to dead end job for the last ten years and shows no signs of stopping. his entire life is a sad pepe meme. honestly hates vermont but can’t bite the bullet and just fuckin move already?? his first love/supposed love of his life cheated on him with his bff. spoiler alert he’s still not over it (it was in hs!! yikes!!). currently sleepin w/ someone way out of his league on the dl tho. it’s tight
just a big giant idiot, thats what lennon is tbh. he’s a sweet guy who comes off as a total moron, despite the fact that he’s actually super smart. has gone through most of his life as the side kick, always around for comedic relief. doesn’t do good with silence and is constantly making stupid little remarks just to break awkward silence. fiercely protective and loves a little too much.
needs: his little sister!!! their mom peaced out when lennon was 8 and their family life was basically just a wreck so his sisters always been his number 1 priority. an ex girlfriend from his early 20s before he got married?? friends??
wila met her high school sweetheart and it was pretty much like a movie romance. they were young and extremely in love and they bickered but at the end of the day, rhett was the only one she wanted to be with. they married right out of high school, but it didn't last long.
the rest of the plot is under the read more. <3
years of hard work and applying for many scholarships and grants later, she'd been accepted to columbia. rhett wanted to stay, wila knew she needed to leave. after a pretty verbally volatile night, she packed her bags and left. she's been in nyc ever since.
she met her fiance through a few friends at the firm she interned with after her schooling. it wasn't a movie romance like she had with rhett, but he was safe and stable and he treated her right. typically she wasn't one for anything vanilla in life, however they did mesh well. but she'd be lying if she said she didn't think about what her life would be like if she were still married to rhett. he's pretty much always in the back of her mind.
everything was going right. she had a good, steady job. a nice place in manhattan. a fiance who loved her, who wanted a future with her. but as the date of her wedding started to get closer, she was notified of one huge mistake that could change everything. she couldn't get married yet, because she was still married to rhett. #oops?
wila needs her ex-husband aka current husband, rhett! the only reason she’s back in middlebury is to get this figured out. rhett doesn’t even know that they aren’t divorced, but probs will be a smug bastard about it when he finds out. they still love each other, and they’re still just as passionate and at each other’s throats as they used to be. but i think wila is going to start being happy in their small town and letting loose again and feelings/emotions she’s pushed way deep down come to the surface again. it’s a total sweet home alabame plot, i can’t help myself. give it 2 me pls!
suggested faces are charlie hunnam, theo james, chris hemsworth and jamie dornan - but none of these are required and i’m always up for suggestions!
if you want to discuss them more you can add me on discord @ raeadieu#6866
