Raven Reyes
Raven Reyes used to smile more.
She used to smile those blinding and overwhelming smiles because it was the only thing she knew how to do when things were turned to shit.
Her life had never been easy and she accepted it never would be.
Mama never cared for her and daddy was nowhere to be found, but she dealt with it.
Things changed when Finn became her friend.
She accepted he would be the only person to care for her, then when that changed to love, she accepted that he would be the only person she would ever love.
Her world shifted when he was arrested in her place.
However, it would take something stronger to break Raven's resolve, so she adjusted to this change and dealt with the enviable heartache the only way she knew how; she denied it with a smile.
Her world tilted once again when she found that Finn had been sent to Earth.
The only person she had ever allowed herself to care about was taken away without a goodbye.
So with her heavy heart, she teamed up with untrustworthy people in the hopes that she would see her love once again.
She was successful in her attempt to get to the ground and finding Finn.
Without any limitations, Raven allowed her love for Finn to consume her.
She denied his glances at the golden haired princess and his pulling away.
She ignored the major changes in his character until she couldn't take it anymore.
In an effort to make him happy, she denied her own pain and let the boy she loved go.
Of course it hurt her, but what emotional mess couldn't be fixed with some mindless sex?
Her actions distracted her enough to heal her surface pain and she allowed herself to move on because it's all she knew how to do.
She got to a point where she could be friendly with the other delinquents, even allowing herself to trust some of them with her fragile emotional state.
That speck of light was instantly dulled by a harsh fate.
Finn's death hit her hard, almost completely breaking her.
It was the only thing in her life she couldn't dismiss with a smile because Finn was in everything.
In her work, in the camp, in her mind and still in her heart.
He was everything to her.
However, this was not the only roadblock in Raven's life.
She was then faced with crippling fate of never being able to use her leg again.
To no one's surprise, Raven fought her way back and found a way to work with what the fates had dealt to her.
Kyle Wick helped her with that, even showing Raven that she deserved something more than what Finn had given to her.
She may not have wanted him at first, but he was what she needed even if she wouldn't admit it.
It wasn't that she forgot the boy who had saved her from the miserable existence on the Ark, but that she needed to move on in order to survive.
Then the Mountain happened and her world shifted again, leaving her without hope.
She stopped wanting to try and went back to denying her pain, choosing instead to throw herself into work.
When that failed, she decided to change her tactics.
All she wanted was to forget about the hurting in her chest so when an option was presented, she hesitated for only a moment.
Filled with instant relief, she cared little for the side effects of the drug she had taken.
It wasn't until she was faced with a cruel truth that she changed her mind.
In any world, Raven Reyes was a mechanic and mechanics fixed things.
So as she had always done, Raven grabbed her wits, plastered on a smile and went to work.