Austin Merrick, the swim team captain. 24, 6’3. American, half Japanese, though his mother chose a Western name just to be difficult, leaving him with a mix of cultures that shows more in his mannerisms than in his name. Chill by nature, laidback in effortless way athletes sometimes are, he moves like someone born in water fluid and easy. But around you, his ice-skater sweetheart, he becomes something softer, needier, almost clingy in the sweetest way. Dirty blond hair, spruce-colored eyes.