Reina Stein Barracano.

Rei.

28.

Female.

Pansexual.

Open relationship, married to Elijah Barracano.

Freelance Cinematographer.

1307 Hauser Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019

Recovered from depression (use to be self-deprecating in a harmful way) → Unapologetically her → Both self absorbed and caring to those she holds dear to her → Thrives around others → Heart over Head "I feel it, so I'll do it," → Passionate Dreamer → Non-confirming → Idealistic → Worldly → Libertine (especially sexually) → Free-spirited → Spontaneous/Unpredictable → Reckless → Impatient → Self-indulgent → Unintentionally inconsiderate

Aside from getting over her depression, the only thing that has changed about Reina is how she presents herself. She's elegant & feminine rather than attention seeking & promiscuous.

Reina Stein Barracano, cinematographer, editor, actress, one-time director, one-time writer, and costume designer, made a meteoric rise from child theatre actor to filmmaking wunderkind, receiving international acclaim by age nineteen for her debut feature, The Damned. Her next five films all done by the time she turned twenty-eight. Each film won numerous awards and further established her as one of the most promising and prolific young filmmakers in the international scene. Aside from her ambitions in the moving picture industry, the furthest education she has received is her high school diploma. While she attended high school, she labored over her craft and planned The Damned with Clementine Barr. When they were seventeen, Barracano and Barr wrote a script together, planned on making it big, and invested $150,000 of their college savings into the production. Only for them to fall short financially halfway through filming and having to resort to getting money from other means. The film was completed, as you all know! This happened during their senior year, where they juggled filming and school, because they were young and wanted fame.

Now the question we want to know: what was Reina's life outside of her career? For most of her childhood it was Clayton and her versus the world. Her older brother spent (and still spends) most of his life cleaning her messes and protecting her livelihood. Everything he does is for her, and she is well aware of that. Both Clayton and Reina had to learn how to fend for themselves, at a young age. Not because they lacked the financial support, but because of their dysfunctional family. Their father, Dr. Luther Stein, behind closed doors, was a downright mad man and a severe control freak. He was a mediocre surgeon, at best, and illegally sold organs. Yes, he's behind bars now. Their mother, Mallory Stein, wrote plays and wanted to create her daughter in her image, as if she was God Himself. Their mother blamed her only son for being stuck in a barren marriage and she told Reina, constantly, that she was a mistake, just so Reina would do as she said because 'mother knows best'. It was those words that gave Reina severe depression, resorting into unhealthy behavior, where she would throw herself into dangerous situations.

She was forced in high school to go to therapy and that made her search for other outlets to deal with her negative mindset, like sex and partying. Reina never seemed to be fighting demons. She never seemed depressed. If anything, she was so confidant that people wished they could be like her. No one ever knew what laid behind her smile. People rarely ask. Her brother, three years older than her, was a handsome, popular jock on the Football team that wanted to do something in social work or criminal justice so he could protect kids, like him and his sister, that were stuck in terrible situations. He had the nickname of the 'big bad wolf' because he was a lady killer back in the day and like a wolf, he preyed on freshman girls because it made him feel good. So, he wasn't perfect either. Protective. Proud. But not perfect. Actually, her brother has a hulking exterior and has shown fits of anger in the past, which only validated his nickname. Because of his rep, she was considered a 'she-wolf' and people naturally assumed she would follow her brother's footsteps in getting the most lays, which wasn't too far from the truth. They just went about it differently and for different reasons.

Anyways, her brother graduated and started pursuing his mission of being a savior to the broken, the beaten, and the damned, and that is when Rei hustled to find her exit out of her parents' house. After The Damned gave her some kind of rep, she packed her bags, without telling anyone, and moved to LA, living in her car, while continuing on making films. During this time, Clementine Barr got with her brother, who became a child psychologist in the Palm Beach area. She stopped pursuing film entirely (this still baffles Rei to this day that Clem chose love over success). You know what Clem does now? She's a yoga instructor and a full-time slut for her wolfie. Weird. And. Ew.

Back to Rei though, within the same year, she met Elijah Barracano, whose a striving, young actor, and he brought her into his bachelor pad, obviously a boy that had money. They eloped. Her brother was one of the witnesses and she could tell he was concerned. That being said, he knew there was no way he could change her mind. Plus, he got with HER friend. He had no right to talk! After that, Rei's life only got better and she lived in the moment, never stopping on making movie magic, but also just checking things off her bucket list. One thing at a time.

Elijah helped her overcome her depression and for the most part, they were happy. Neither held the other down, and both focused on themselves, while coming home for the occasional loving. Lately, however, with Reina getting the sudden studio offer, Elijah is starting to show he feels emasculated. He sees Rei as more successful, even if he had the upper-hand because he was on good terms with his parents and had that cash-money flow. He didn't want to blame her for his feelings, he didn't want them to fight, so they both have sat down a few times to discuss their relationship. The way she lives makes him feel she'd never be completely and utterly his, which part of their original agreement was to keep things open. Being married provided better benefits and was his selling point to get her to agree on marrying him. Yet, Elijah knew that Reina fell in love with multiple people and wanted to transcend the norm. She was not someone he could keep a leash on. He wasn't her ultimate soulmate.

With divine timing, Reina has been invited to a class reunion. Thankfully, this will allow her and her husband the space they need to come to an ultimate decision. Maybe, after this reunion, she'll say hi to her brother.

FC: Stella Maeve | 967391

Interests

Brent Juan Diego Santiago-Walsh

As many as you want or none at all!

28, 6/23

Male

Pansexual Romantic

Single

Owner of West Palm Beach Toyota

Brent inherited his father's Filipino skin color and looks the most like his father than his twin brother does. In addition to that, he's quite tall and he does appear to be lanky to those not directly next to him, but something one might be able to tell when they are mere inches away from him is just how much of a beefcake Brent Walsh really is. With broad shoulders and a body befitting of someone who exercises as much as he can (as well as engaging in several other physical activities), they might see someone incredibly fit.

Standing at 6'3 and weighing just on the cusp of 200lbs, he is an imposing man, which to those who haven't seen him since high school, might see what he is now as a far cry to how he looked in high school. As someone who inherited his father's tone, he inherited his mother's hazel eyes and naturally wavy hair. There is no doubt about that. When gazing into his eyes, they ooze a honey sweetness that matches his spirit.

He shops frequently at beach shops and purchases clothes that might be best suited for his outdoorsy activities. Though, he also shops at Target and Wal-Mart, purchasing comfortable clothes for someone who is a little larger than the average beefcake bear. this usually results in shirts with funny quotes/designs on them, shorts and jeans, open-toed sandals, and sneakers of various makes. He doesn't spend a lot on clothes but he does spend enough to make sure he doesn't run out of clean clothes to wear. Most of his money ends up going to organic food and the like, anyway.

Right off the bat, Brent comes off as a very strong personality. His energy levels are off the roof and he has a glow about him that makes those around him unable to not smile. He's one of those guys who can befriend just about anyone he comes into contact with. It's not necessarily because they are influenced by his positive vibes but he usually engages in conversation and just lets his natural charm do the rest, but this isn't without some backlash. He's positive, yes; and he definitely will make you smile and laugh, but something to know about Brent Walsh is sometimes he might come across a little too strong. It's unintentional but the fact remains he usually asserts himself into situations that maybe he's not welcome in. Or maybe there's a private conversation happening between a few people and he injects himself: this could lead to him being ignored.

And this is where the doubts come out. See, he's full of energy, he's charasmatic, and full of cinnamon roll sweetness but he also is effected intensely by whatever reaction he gets in return. If it's welcoming, he'll continue as he was a minute ago, but if rejected, he retreats to a bubble and might even isolate himself for several hours; and here is where he falls into potential depression. That doesn't necessarily mean he's clinically depressed but he goes through moods, but he can bounce back from them given the right, proper trigger that gets him out of his funk. And then it's back to being the spontaneous, adventure-loving, lovable idiot that Brent Walsh has been known to be all his life.

Brent, as a friend, is probably the best you'll have cause he's always there for his friends. As a lover, he's attentive and daring. His impulsive and spontaneous nature hints that he's adventurous in all the ways that matter but also it means you'll never be bored around him. He is a good time, no alcohol required (though it'll make nights with him a lot more entertaining). He can also act a little crazy. Sometimes this might be too much for some, but hell be damned if a party happened without the Brent Walsh energy present.

Basically what all this means is Brent is a simple guy who just wants to be loved and adored by his friends just as he loves and adores them. There's not much more to say other than that!

The life that Brent had, by all accounts of it, wasn't a bad one. He lived in a home owned by wonderful people and he went to a fancy private school from the time that he was old enough until he graduated. His parents did what they could. Even though they weren't the wealthiest and couldn't give him everything that his classmates did, for all intents and purposes, Brent Walsh had a happy childhood. Along with him and his twin brother, Carlos, the Santiago-Walsh residence wasn't a horrible place to live.

Both of his parents -- Francisco Louis Santiago and Marie Ann Walsh -- were a detective with the Palm Beach Police Department. His father worked in vice and his mother was a rising detective in the Special Victims Unit. Their jobs meant they weren't around as often as they wanted to be, but with his brother, Brent didn't complain much. Truth be told, he was honestly happy. He was able to attend the prestigious King's Academy.

As the years went on, it became increasingly obvious to everyone that the time his parents devoted to their job so that their boys could attend a good school was taking its toll on the entire family. Carlos began to experiment with drugs by the time he was fourteen, their parents were fighting a lot more frequently than they weren't, and Brent started to gain weight -- like a lot of weight. When Carlos went in the opposite direction, getting skinnier almost to the bone, Brent developed a lot of fat and was, at one point, three-hundred pounds at just fourteen. He didn't seem to be unhappy, but being a boy of color, he was teased horrendously and not only because of the color of his skin. Brent felt like he was an outcast during his 7th-8th-grade years because of the constant remarks made about his weight.

And that's when he made the conscious effort to sign up for football. Two years at the weight brought him slowly out of being prime target practice for the bullies at his school and he was the energetic, happy kid that he always has been. From wrestling to football, Brent became as active as he could; and through his increased activity came the natural allure of friends and other such company. Though he was still big, by the time he was fifteen, a new side of Brent Walsh was seen: the social butterfly side of him. Whether it was him being drawn to others or them being drawn to him, there was no denying he was no longer the loner kid that was teased -- he was the defensive lineman for the King's Knight. He also wrestled from time to time.

As great as all this was, when high school ended, all of the familiarity that came with it sort of just faded away. The friends he really bonded with went off to do their own thing, the girl that he went to prom with got into her favorite college, and Brent stayed in Palm Beach. He never moved away to some college because the one that he attended was just an hour's drive from his family home. For a few years, he did attend the University of Miami with the intention of getting a degree in finance. And sure he even played some college ball, but despite all of this, despite keeping up with his health and slimming down even more in college, Brent was missing something in his life. He knew he couldn't find that at college, so after the second semester of his second year at UM, he dropped out and moved back home.

But that didn't mean he wasted his time. Though he was at home, Brent got a job working at the Toyota car dealership near him. He figured it would be temporary until he figured out what he wanted to do with his life, but like the majority of men in this country, he never got out of his job. If he was to be perfectly honest with himself, he loved his job. He had a natural chemistry, so that made selling cars easy and he wasn't bad on the eyes either, which was the main part of the reason his female boss at the time kept him around. But all of that aside, he loved his job. It was the purpose that was missing: doing something other than reading textbooks and looking at graphs. Sure a degree would have been nice, but by the time he made manager and his boss, who sold the dealership to him, effectively making him the boss, he was making enough money to make him happy; and in the end, that's what life was about: being happy and not needing any more than what you already have.

Brent was okay with that and come the reunion, he wasn't going to let all of the success get to him. Besides! He's gonna party like it's 2009! As the kids say: turn down for what!?

Bob Morley | Olive (#808000)

• Brent is a health nut. Everything he consumes, drinks or otherwise, is 100% organic and without preservatives.
  
  • He has a weakness for pomegranate seeds.
• He exercises 5 days a week and allows for two days of rest before resetting the cycle.
  
  • Mondays: Legs and abs; Tuesdays: Chest; Wednesdays: Back and Abs; Thursdays: Rest Day #1; Fridays: Shoulders and Abs; Saturdays: Arms: Sundays: Rest Day #2
• He loves to travel. All of his extra expenses are spent on vacations. This upcoming summer Brent plans on hiking through the Colorado Rockies for three weeks.
• Like his writer, Brent has a weakness for ice cream sandwiches. Unlike his writer, the ice cream he consumes is actually frozen yogurt he makes himself from fruit and subtlely sweet spices and seasoning.
• Brent's biggest guilty pleasure is called Survivor on CBS. Despite knowing all of it is bullshit, he can't stop watching. He also enjoys the Dick Wolf shows like Law and Order and Chicago Fire/PD/Med.
• Brent has three Pitbulls: Energetic Speedy, Playful Angel, and Spazoid herself, Tina
• Drives a 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser (red)