It was the catalyst.
The reason she was within his reach, all free spirited and wild.
The reason he had to face his demons head on.
It was the catalyst that broke them.
Ross Finnegan was unconventional and unconstrained.
Callan Cromwell was an emotionally unavailable Marine Corps veteran who survived purely through the violence around him.
They were unorthodox to the outside world.
But they shared all the same secrets.
Secrets that could either make them or break them.