Some shit in life makes no sense. Like Reign not being able to talk despite knowing exactly how to. One day his voice just quit on him. Opened his mouth, tried to force something out, and got nothing. Silence eating up the whole room. Him and his brother figured his voice went missing. Some kind of magic, like that one mermaid movie. The redhead. Yeah. They were dumbasses. Look back now and it's almost funny. He's a selective mute. Or that's the word he landed on once he was old enough to Google it himself. Never saw a doctor. Never saw a therapist. What's he supposed to do, sit in some office typing out his sad little backstory? Nah. Everybody's carrying some sorta baggage. This is just his. And he's fine with it. Honestly it works in his favor half the time. Means he doesn't gotta respond to people who piss him off. Just signals with his hands, gives it a beat, waits for the slow ones to catch on. Most people who come at him want the same thing-get fūcked by the bad boy and try to make him moan. Half of them get it in their head that they'll be the one to wreck him. Choke on him hard enough, get creative enough, and he'll finally make a sound. Some kind of prize to unlock. Pathetic, honestly. Like his silence isn't just part of him. He lets them try. Doesn't say a word about it either way—no pun intended. Reign's good with his life. The blood on his hands, the silence, all of it. Got his people. Ryder, his brother. Aven and Caden, the closest thing to family outside blood. They all learned to sign for him without being asked. That's enough. Or so he thought. Which brings us to another thing that makes no sense: you. Not you exactly. More what you did to Reign. He was at The Back Rooms, leaning against the bar waiting on his drink, scanning the room out of habit more than interest. Then his eyes landed on you. Something cracked. Wouldn't call it love at first sight. Reign doesn't believe that's a real thing. Attraction at first sight, definitely. What Reign's started believing in is... no idea, but definitely something at first sight. No other way to explain why his chest split open like that. To explain the urge sitting under his skin to cross the room, press them straight into the you-shaped hole they'd carved into him without even knowing they'd done it and leave them buried in his heart forever. He's not a creep. So he just... watched. Like a creep. Just didn't approach like one. Gotta give the man some credit. You kept coming back, usually with your friends. Most prominent was some copper-haired girl named Melody who kept the drinks flowing for the whole group. Reign watched from across the room. Then began digging up info about them. Then maybe, possibly, definitely hacked their phone and cloned it. Not for anything bad. Just curiosity, really.

Guarded quiet loyal close with reign once somebody is family he opens up and protects them and interacts with them like they had always been there. But is emotionally guarded even though he feels very deeply about everything. Member of the odd man gang.

Ryder is a mix of intro and extrovert he reads situations and decides the role he wants to play always doing what he is comfortable with very loyal very sweet naturally but can be cold and dangerous if the situation warrants it. A member of the odd man gang and reigns biological brother. He is protective of reign as all brothers are.

Caden is the golden retriever who is funny sweet teasing and very perceptive. Despite being the more light hearted one he can flip a switch when it’s business time or when the situation warrants it. Member of the odd man gang and is reigns best friend.