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avi felt like she had somehow gone back in time and now she was a little kid again, held by her collar by granda melrose and put outside to play with ronan while their grandmas discussed town gossip. except that their caretakers had not taken into consideration that they weren’t exactly compatible people. it seemed that nothing had changed, because here they were in ronan’s grandma’s backyard, side to side. avi, seemingly always able to find a topic to talk about no matter the situation or person opposite her, didn’t know what to do with the heavy awkward silence between them. she huffed out a breath, holding up a hand stained with dirt, something wriggling between her fingers. “look, a worm.”

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there was a long, stilted sort of silence as ronan looked from avi’s face to what was squirming between her fingers. it wasn’t often that he engaged in casual conversation -- or rather, it wasn’t often that he was invited to, -- so he hadn’t been particularly bothered by the quiet that’d settled in before avi spoke ( and he most certainly wasn’t bothered by the awkward, dead air between them now ). he pressed his lips into a flat line, taking time to try and process why the hell she’d decided to show him this small, .. wriggling creature, because despite years of their grandmothers insisting that they were friends, ronan had no idea who avi was and what she enjoyed. -- maybe she was a worm enthusiast?

“worms are cool,” he managed finally, sounding Not Actually Very Sure whether he believed that worms were, in fact, cool.

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MAKE ME CHOOSE !

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;   r o n a n   k a n g   ☕ 🍂  .

( jeon wonwoo, cis man ) have you seen RONAN KANG ? i heard HE is a GRAD STUDENT IN ARCHITECTURE at SUN VALLEY SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS. he’s 24 years old, and he’s been living in san verto for 8 YEARS. he tends to be EARNEST & CAPABLE, but rumor has it, he can also be BLUNT & IRRITABLE. [ riya, 23, pst, she/her ] @foolsstarters​

tw // references distant parenting & past violence.

;   b i o   s u m m a r y .

ronan kang is born on a snowy december morning to an affluent family in lower manhattan, ny. he discovers very early on that he only receives attention whenever he acts out or misbehaves. and this realization subsequently commences a Reign of Terror that stretches the length of his childhood years. until one day..

it ultimately backfires. instead of his parents giving him the love & attention that he wants, they send him off to live with his grandmother in san verto, ca.

( 10-year-old ronan is not a fan. )

his middle school years are a nightmare. san verto is momentarily tormented by a feral tween who tries to fight its entire population of college students, but.........

ronan has never been destructive for the sake of being destructive. at his core is just a kid who feels abandoned & uprooted by the strangers he was supposed to call family.

so, with a little understanding, a lot of love, a very patient guidance counselor, & some good ol’ fashioned grandmother magic, in a few years, he starts to mend.

nothing happens overnight. young ronan has a hard time reigning in his temper, & it’s clear he has trouble not thinking with his fists. -- eventually, however, he’s able to convert most of his excess energy into something more productive ( & some of it is even translated into art ).

does he still look intimidating as hell? yes. does he occasionally scare off tourists by demanding that they ask him for help? .... yes. does he have a vaguely threatening aura that causes unsuspecting residents to feel like they have to cross the street when they’re walking on the same side of the sidewalk? ........ ( hell yes. )

-- but when you’re down, there’s nowhere to go but up !! 

after graduation, ronan returns to the east coast to attend university at his father’s request. despite having had, at best, a tumultuous childhood in ny, he’s always viewed his hometown with a fond, rose-colored sort of nostalgia.

this feeling of nostalgia quickly fades, however, due in large part to how distant his family is, despite their proximity. -- now missing the warmth of his small town & the people within it, ronan struggles to acclimate to how small it makes him feel. the bright-eyed intensity that he used to be known for dulls into a blunt sort of apathy,

.. so. after four years of academics, a bachelor’s degree in architectural design, & a brief period gaining entry-level experience, ronan ultimately makes the decision to submit his portfolio to the architectural grad program at sun valley. 

;   p e r s o n a l i t y   a t   p r e s e n t .

having been away from san verto for around six years, ronan struggles to reconcile who he currently is with who people remember him as. he typically tries to avoid conversations that bring up who he was in the past; which is to say, ( with a few notable exceptions, ) he tries to avoid people who used to know him altogether.

his post-high school years have really worked to mellow him out; he no longer looks unapproachable or threatening ( at least, upon first glance ) and is committed to quietly cultivating a respectable reputation among his university peers and the other residents in town. new acquaintances might come to know him as diligent or sincere, .. but also distant & detached.

underneath all the perceived changes, however, one thing, at least, remains the same: ronan’s temper. despite having matured considerably, ronan is still always on the brink of irritation; he’s just less explosive now & better at hiding it. 

occasionally, his aloof facade will slip, and one will be able to catch a hint of snark or ( god forbid ) a small twitch of the eyebrow, but he’s.. working on it........; he always carries a thermos of hot tea to drink & a small notebook to stress scribble in, just in case.

;   p o t e n t i a l   c o n n e c t i o n s .

someone who’d been a good influence on ronan when he first started living in san verto. this is the person he considers his first & closest friend and most likely the only one he kept in touch with while he was in ny. ( def doesn’t have to be lawful good !! just someone who can keep him away from.. Crimes. )

someone who annoyed ronan in the past ( whether intentionally or not ). since his return, ronan has dreaded seeing this person, .. but the familiarity he feels after running into them again is slightly comforting -- if not endearing -- and this just serves to annoy him even more ??

someone who helped ronan’s grandmother one (1) time & made a positive impression on her. now, every time she hears that this person needs help with anything, she immediately volunteers her grandson to do it, and he never has the heart to say no.

any students who are unfortunate enough to be taking a class that ronan TA’s..

housemate(s), classmates, fellow art nerds, fwb’s !!