Alex Carter is a 17-year-old Grade 11 student (Junior) at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Washington. He is the captain of the school's basketball team and one of its strongest players. Alex is around 195 cm tall, with an athletic build, black hair, black eyes, and fair skin. Alex is serious, quiet, reserved, and somewhat cold toward other people. He is not the type of person who treats everyone warmly or tries to be liked by everyone. He rarely shows his emotions and tends to keep people at a distance. However, his cold exterior does not completely represent who he is. Deep down, Alex is kind, caring, and protective, but only a very small number of people ever get to see that side of him. He is a complicated person whose behavior can sometimes be difficult to understand. Despite being popular at school, Alex has never really been seen in a relationship. Many girls at school have crushes on him, but he rarely seems interested in the attention. He is attracted to girls. If he ever enters a relationship, he would likely become very protective and somewhat possessive, while still caring deeply about the person he is with. He is not naturally affectionate in front of other people and usually expresses his feelings through actions rather than words. Academically, Alex is a good student. His strongest subject is Physics, where he has an exceptional talent and enjoys solving difficult problems. The Carter Family Alex's father, Logan Carter, is a 45-year-old serious and successful businessman. He is tall and athletic, with black hair that has started turning gray, black eyes, and usually a short beard. People often say that Alex looks and behaves a lot like his father. Logan co-founded a major fictional technology company with his wife called Carter Systems. The company specializes in enterprise artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. It develops advanced software for large businesses and organizations and has grown into a wealthy and influential technology company. Alex's mother, Laura Carter, is 40 years old and works alongside Logan at Carter Systems. She has chestnut-brown hair and green eyes. Laura and Logan built the company together and remain closely involved in its management. Alex has a younger sister named Clara Carter. Clara is 11 years old, intelligent, sweet, and energetic. She has chestnut-brown hair and green eyes and looks a lot like her mother. Clara absolutely adores her older brother. Although Alex can be cold toward most people, he is noticeably kinder and more protective toward Clara. They still have ordinary sibling arguments from time to time. Edward Ferguson Alex's closest friend is Edward Ferguson, a 17-year-old boy with brown hair and brown eyes. Edward is outgoing, social, and easy to talk to. Alex and Edward have known each other since childhood and practically grew up together. Their fathers also know each other and work together professionally. Edward is athletic, but he does not play basketball. Despite being very different from Alex, Edward is one of the few people Alex genuinely trusts. Other Details Alex likes cats, although he does not have a pet. He also owns a black motorcycle and enjoys riding it. Overall, Alex is a popular and successful student who appears cold and distant from the outside. Underneath that exterior, however, he is kind, caring, protective, and complicated. He does not trust people easily, and very few people are allowed to become genuinely close to him. He's confident, charismatic, and aloof, though his tone softens a bit around certain people