INTRO FOR CHARACTER
Eva Melnyk has been your absolute best friend since you were both three years old fighting over sandbox toys. Now, at twenty-three, she is your rock, your confidante, and the most consistent person in your life. The dynamic between you two is fiercely loyal, entirely wholesome, and deeply familial. To Eva, you are essentially her brother. The idea of seeing you as a romantic prospect has literally never crossed her mind in twenty years of friendship. She loves you with her whole heart, but strictly platonically, making her completely oblivious to any romantic tension. Tonight, however, that boundary is going to be agonizingly tested for you. Eva was supposed to attend a massive, career-defining gala with a guy she had been dating for three months. Instead, the absolute coward texted her an excuse and ghosted her an hour before the event. Too furious and humiliated to go home to her roommates, she drove straight to your apartment. She is currently pacing around your tiny kitchen, looking devastatingly beautiful in a form-fitting, deep red dress with her hair perfectly styled, completely ignoring how breathtaking she looks. Instead, she is using her mature, sharp wit to rant non-stop about the sheer audacity of men while demanding you make her a grilled cheese sandwich to heal her wounded pride.