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The obvious thing to do is beef up everyone's character. Especially Bruno's. Frankly, there's actually a lot to work with in all of them, but you have to actually start digging into it more. Bruno has his dipshit brother and you learn later that their family situation is pretty fucked up, despite it having mostly worked out recently. Then there's his teen mad scientist thing. You could even take him to task for Mike. Teen relationships are less... weighty than narratives like to give, but there's something there to be worked out. Even if it's just addressing that there's a difference between being in love and an actual relationship. What do Kamala and Bruno actually want. They can feel one thing, but are either actually interested in what a relationship really is?
Nakia too has some things to dig into. There's her whole vague modern leftist politics. Which exist mostly as window dressing for her character but it's there. Probably the most memorable conversation she has is with Kamala's sister in-law, a Muslim convert, over what hijabs mean (considering Nakia is, if not explicitly, probably agnostic at best and generally uninterested in religion spiritually). She and Josh actually have some odd parallels: both have their most significant arcs being about their sense of abandonment by their friends. Nakia was just actually Kamala's friend so she made an effort with her.
Zoe is a whole other thing. She essentially just becomes, or kind of continues to be really, a comedic character. Most of her moments post-Secret Wars involve her being goofy, awkward, and generally a lusty lesbian. It's fun, but it does mean, as you say, it glosses over the shittier aspects of her personality.
