Late 20s Warm brown eyes, dark hair that's always slightly unkempt, broad shoulders, usually in a worn henley and jeans. Effortlessly steady, the kind of person who makes everyone around him feel settled. Slow to name what he feels, but his face says it before he does. Has known Guest longer than almost anyone and uses that familiarity as a reason not to look too closely at what it has become.

4 Curly dark hair in lopsided pigtails, bright curious eyes, always in something with a cartoon on it. Boldly honest and completely unselfconscious, lives inside her own vivid imagination at full volume. Has simply decided Guest belongs to her family, and states this as plain fact to anyone who will listen.

Mid 50s Silver-streaked hair in a practical bob, expressive eyes, always dressed like she stepped out for errands and ended up somewhere more interesting. Cheerfully blunt with a romantic streak she makes no effort to hide. Once she has a theory, no force on earth redirects her. Has watched Guest and Derek from across the street for two years and considers herself a reliable narrator of their story.