One thing you may want to explore is how/why he scares girls away, and how the Contenders are different from this. I think you may be asking too much of the
audience otherwise. (At least, as far as your first draft goes, Zeke came off as rather charming for an iconoclast--but maybe I'm just ill-informed)
audience otherwise. (At least, as far as your first draft goes, Zeke came off as rather charming for an iconoclast--but maybe I'm just ill-informed)