Character Relationship Map: Time Is Up

Characters

• Vivien (played by Bella Thorne) — protagonist

  High school student passionate about math and physics. Initially dating swim star Steve but feels neglected due to his distance and secrecy. After learning her parents separated, she travels to Rome,...

• Roy (played by Benjamin Mascolo) — supporting

  Underperforming high school swimmer with tattoos, pressured by family and coaches to earn a scholarship. He helps Vivien when harassed, keeps Steve's secret, and ultimately beats Steve in a crucial ra...

• Steve (played by Sebastiano Pigazzi) — supporting

  Affluent high school swim team star and Vivien's initial boyfriend. He is emotionally distant and secretly involved with college coach Dylan. After threatening Roy to keep the secret, Steve loses a ke...

• Dylan (played by Nikolay Moss) — supporting

  College-aged swim coach in a secret romantic relationship with Steve. He travels to Rome with the team, where Vivien discovers them together, triggering a major emotional crisis and confrontation.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Dylan → Roy (Professional Coach) — Dylan is professionally connected to Roy through the swim team.

  The plot states that Dylan is the college-aged swim coach, while Roy is a swimmer on the same team competing for a place in the Rome meet.

• Roy → Steve (Professional Teammate) — They are teammates whose athletic rivalry becomes personally charged.

  Roy and Steve are both members of the same high school swim team and are pitted against each other in the pool.

• Vivien → Roy (Romantic Love Interest) — A spontaneous connection that develops into emotional and physical intimacy.

  Vivien and Roy spend a day together in Rome, kiss in a pool, and later spend the night together after she remembers what happened.

• Steve → Dylan (Romantic Secret Lover) — A concealed romantic relationship that drives the central betrayal.

  Roy sees Steve and Dylan kissing in the pool shower, and Vivien later finds them in bed together in Rome.

• Vivien → Steve (Romantic Boyfriend) — An established relationship undermined by emotional distance and deception.

  The plot identifies Steve as Vivien's boyfriend. Their relationship deteriorates because Steve is inattentive, unreachable, and secretly involved with...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Vivien → Dylan (Conflict Betrayal Link) — Dylan is directly connected to the revelation that destroys Vivien's relationship.

  Vivien's relationship with Steve is shattered when she returns to Steve's room in Rome and finds him in bed with Dylan.

Story Analysis

Vivien moves from emotional dependence and confusion toward memory, self-confidence, and a more honest connection with Roy.

Plot Progression

1. Secrets Beneath The Surface — Vivien struggles with Steve's emotional absence while Roy faces pressure to improve as a swimmer. Vivien also confirms that her mother is seeing another man.
2. A Secret In The Pool — Roy witnesses Steve and Dylan kissing and is threatened into silence. Meanwhile, Vivien and Roy begin crossing paths as Steve becomes increasingly unreliable.
3. Leaving Home Behind — Roy defeats Steve and earns the trip to Rome, while Vivien confronts Steve and learns that her parents separated a year earlier. She then travels to Rome to find him.
4. One Day In Rome — Vivien unexpectedly spends a carefree and intimate day with Roy in Rome. The emotional escape collapses when she discovers Steve and Dylan together.
5. Memory And Renewal — After the accident and hospitalization, Vivien initially forgets Rome and hears Steve's false account. Photographs restore her memory, allowing her to reunite with Roy and face her physics test.