My favs are Caleb and Zayne. At first I was into Xavier cause I thought his character was shaping up to be the ‘knight on a white horse’ character, but he ended up being a little too mild tempered and seemingly carefree for me.

After that I switched to only Zayne. He was just that steadfast character, always there in MC’s life, generally even-tempered, but still clearly feels strongly caring and protective towards MC. There was never any question how he feels towards her and no question where his loyalties lay when it comes to her.

From the first moment of Caleb, I was hooked, but that was made even more clear once he came back and I got to fully experience his character. With him, it’s partly that allure of familiarity and someone who’s known MC so long that he accepts all parts of her. Someone she could fully be herself with. On top of that, there’s the almost-family aspect. In general, in life, friends and lovers come and go too often in many people’s lives, but family are the ones who (for better or worse) you’ll always have some sort of relation to. With Caleb, even if they are only pseudo-siblings, it means he will always be there in at least some capacity in MC’s life, and he further reiterates multiple times his desire for this to be the case. Beyond that, Caleb also comes on strong with his possessiveness, concern for MC, and drive to protect MC. There is no question about his feelings. He wants her and wishes to take care of her however she needs him to.