I rather like the family theme, as in summary of what we've been talking so far. The three main characters- Jake, Dejengski and Nat would definitely be very strong characters in either their own, or as a whole. The thing now, for us, would be to, like you mentioned earlier, to outline the plot.

Plot-wise right, I feel that we should write some family drama kinda story. IT would be able to engage the reader very well, and he/she would definitely be able to identify with either of our characters, be it a materalistic person (Jake), someone who's introverted and deindividualistic liek Dejengski, or Nat.

The family drama would then enable us to incorporate more stuffs into the story; not just romance, but action, drama, lovey-dovey stuffs and family ties and bonding can be added into the story too.

That's all I have for now... Not too much insipiration, I'm afraid. Hope you fared better. Til then.

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