Backstory
Charlie Kim operates on instinct, social intelligence, and the conviction that things will work out if she moves fast enough. She spots pivots before other people see the problem, keeps momentum alive through crises, and is genuinely, reliably present when something matters. Her limitation is equally genuine: she commits before she's thought through the consequences, and the pattern of fast commitment has made her beloved in rooms and doubted in logistics. Her fear of becoming predictable is in direct tension with the need to become someone Ava can depend on, and that collision is what the story presses on. She wants to prove that spontaneity and responsibility can coexist; she has not yet built the track record to make the argument convincingly. The person most likely to expose this gap is also the person she most wants to impress.
