[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] " [name_u]Rory[/name_u] " [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Charmant (17) is the youngest Charmant sibling and the self-proclaimed “thorn in their father’s side.” Eli’s initial rebellion against their father’s plans for the three sparked something in [name_u]Rory[/name_u] when they were in year 12— causing them to work on a portfolio alongside their applications to more conventional colleges. [name_m]Just[/name_m] like their sister, [name_u]Rory[/name_u] was set on a path— only this time it was in biochemistry. While [name_u]Rory[/name_u] loves STEM and loved chemistry as well, they didn’t know if they wanted to pursue that for the rest of their life. Whenever they tried to bring it up to their dad, however, he would simply brush them off, forcing [name_u]Rory[/name_u] into GCSEs and A-levels they did not want to take. They scored high, but were also dreading the fact that they’d end up on a path like their older sister.
[name_u]Rory[/name_u] came out as nonbinary when they were sixteen, something their father, [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] Charmant, was very supportive of. He actually sat down with [name_u]Rory[/name_u] and talked to them about identities and gender in a way that felt productive— which was whiplash from the way he yelled at [name_u]Eli[/name_u] just hours before about not pursuing a more stable career. Saying that the Charmant siblings had a complicated relationship with their father in an understatement: the duality of having so much support and none at all have forced the siblings to rely on each other. [name_f]Kiki[/name_f] and [name_u]Eli[/name_u] have done amazing jobs in keeping their applications to an art school a secret, but [name_u]Rory[/name_u] doesn’t know what to do now that they applied to a school in the U.S through early decision and got in. They’ve got a limited amount of time to commit to the school as well, and [name_u]Rory[/name_u] has convened with their friends for hours on end, wondering how to tell their father.
They’ve even resorted to confiding in Kiki’s boyfriend, of all people— [name_u]Rory[/name_u] affectionally calls him Uncle Boyfriend— who’s been a big help in navigating the Charmants as an outsider. He says Rory’s going to have to bite the bullet and tell their dad that they got in to a college and that they want to go, because there’s no feasible way to pay for the tuition themselves. What’s also motivating [name_u]Rory[/name_u] to go to the States is their long-distance girlfriend, who also got accepted to the same university they did. [name_u]Rory[/name_u] and their girlfriend have been dating since they were 16— they met at a science summer camp and were inseparable, finally dating when camp was over. Funnily enough, Rory’s girlfriend lives very close to Pier and [name_u]Blair[/name_u], which meant that when the siblings visited the Romeros, [name_u]Rory[/name_u] would often slip away to meet her girlfriend.