Fan Casting Ethan Martinez in Summer Between Houses

College freshman. Ethan is observant, emotionally attuned, and quietly intense. He doesn’t chase attention-he studies people. He speaks calmly, holds eye contact longer than expected. He carries both youthful confidence and an undercurrent of unresolved grief from losing his father at 12. He is: protective of his mother, drawn to maturity and stability, and sensitive beneath a controlled exterior.