Marcus Winters

Marcus Winters is a teen residing in Sunset Ridge, Colorado. He was first introduced in *Grinded*, depicted as the boyfriend of Lily Mason.

He is a romantic guy with a flare for passion. He is also very supportive of both his girlfriend and his friends, not being afraid to stick up for them no matter what.

In the original story, he is introduced as Lily's boyfriend and a fellow jock on the football team, alongside Freddie Blackwell and Thomas Strode. Despite being close with Lily's friends and appearing at her house during the final act, Marcus comes out unscathed during the Sunset Ridge Murders.

## Biography

### The Sunset Ridge Murders

Marcus is sat with his girlfriend, Lily Mason, and their friend Sophie Dlamini, and are discussing the murder of Michael LeBeck. While Marcus promises that they won't tell anyone anything Lily tells them regarding the murder, August and Freddie join them. After Sophie mentions August's quietness, Marcus catches Thomas Strode heading over to them and lets his friends know. When Thomas mentions that Michael asked to meet last night, Marcus, like his friends, fall silent for a moment, until Thomas points out he was more than busy. The group then gets up to head to class as they start talking about Michael's supposed crush on August, which Marcus compares to Quentin Vaughn's own crush, who joins the group uninvited. Marcus splits off from the group, promising to catch up with them later and kisses Lily before leaving.

At lunchtime, following the school interrogations, Marcus talks with Quentin in the cafeteria and unbeknownst to them, Lily has been watching them closely. However, they're talking about a class project that they've been assigned. He then joins his girlfriend and their friends at the precaution assembly, hosted by Sheriff. Sarah Abbott. When Paul Beauregard begins making inappropriate comments and causes tension between himself and Thomas, Marcus tries keeping them apart. But things get worse when Quentin chimes in, almost leading to an altercation, but Marcus interjects and pushes them apart, warning Paul to back off. After calming down from the situation, Marcus dismisses himself to head back to class.

The following day, after Paul's murder, Marcus is called by Lily when classes are suspended and he's invited to help her set up for a night of some quiet drinks for them and their friends. Marcus eagerly agrees, happy to please Lily and she tells him to get dressed as she's coming to pick him up now.

When night falls, Marcus heads back to Lily's to pick her up for a quick late night drive to get her out of the chaotic environment the others have created. He narrowly avoids the suspicions of Sarah and her deputy. Lily asks him to come in, but he reveals he can't stay as his Dad isn't going to let him. Convincing her to the drive, she gets in and Marcus drives them off. After half an hour, Marcus brings Lily back home and is almost tempted to head back inside with her, but a call from his worried parents cements his decision to follow their orders and so he kisses Lily goodnight and watches her to make sure she gets inside safely, before driving off home.

## Relationships

#### Family

* **Unnamed mother**
* **Unnamed father**

#### Allies

* **August Thrombey**
* **Sophie Dlamini**
* **Sarah Abbott**
* **Thomas Strode † - Former friend**
* **Lily Mason †** - Former girlfriend
* **Quentin Vaughn †** - Former friend

#### Enemies

* **Freddie Blackwell** **†** - Former friend
* **Paul Beauregard** **†**