The Tempest Characters as Months

Tessa Brennan: July; bright fire-works in the indigo sky, surrounded by friends and family and mountains of food / shorts and crop tops / blazing heat quelled by a dive into the crystalline ocean

Kaden Gray: September; leaves beginning to change on every street, the sound of students moving from class to class / backpacks over one shoulder / chills one day and infernal heat the next

Dale Alcander: April; colors beginning to blossom from the ground, the sound of rain splattering against the roof at night / shaking out soaked umbrellas / drizzles and downpours of rain like quicksilver

Reese Hale: June; lazy days at home as summer officially begins, sleeping in until noon and watching Netflix until midnight / tank tops and basketball shorts / rays of warm sunlight on the solstice

Mark Akagi: January; punctuated with fireworks and confetti, ringing in a New Year with a toast to new beginnings / hands stuffed into the pockets of a warm fleece jacket / the sting of mid-winter breezes against bare cheeks

Sophia Ransom: August; ending the summer by preparing for school, an odd mix between hanging out with friends and blitzing between aisles while back-to-school shopping / new clothes for a new year / late summer heat making for last minute memories

Imogen Cadwell: February; hearts and Valentines around every corner, blurs of red and pink as gifts are exchanged between lovers and couples / peacoats and heeled boots / gentle snowfall in a late winter flurry

Flynn Hale: May; cramming for exams with friends, striving for the last day of academics and the first day of freedom / whatever's clean and comfortable because it's finals week / basking in the sunlight, surrounded by blossoming flowers

Amelie Winters: October; huddling with friends from house to house, peddling for candy in glitzy costumes / knee socks and scarves / gales of wind sending newly fallen leaves into spirals through the air

Madi McKinley: March; counting down the days until spring break, going shopping for bathing suits and flying through midterms / jeans and floral prints / chills melting away into warm climates

Kaya Blackwood: November; walking down collegiate towns, a cup of coffee in one hand and a backpack in the other / over-sized sweaters and leggings / smiling through the chill while greeting loved ones for Thanksgiving

Eli Alistairs: December; the relief that follows after finishing a semester of school, now free for three weeks of celebration / Santa hats and ugly sweaters / flurries that turn the fairy lights on every house into blurs of color