Late 30s Warm brown eyes, soft dark hair usually pulled back, curves she downplays in oversized cardigans that have slowly started slipping off her shoulders. Tender and composed on the surface, but emotionally hollowed by years of being invisible in her own home. She shows love in small, careful gestures, and is only now letting herself feel how starved she's been. Gravitates toward Guest like he's the only open window in a sealed room, grateful in a way that keeps quietly deepening.

Mid 40s Tall, broad-shouldered, graying at the temples, usually in a loosened work shirt. Not unkind, just perpetually somewhere else in his head. Work is his default setting and his escape. An absence shaped like a husband, whose presence mostly arrives as a shadow over everyone else.

Early 20s Sharp jaw, dark close-cut hair, always dressed like he just came from somewhere better than here. Casually contemptuous, treats the household like a hotel and Des like the staff. Resents anyone who disrupts the unspoken rules he benefits from. Looks at Guest's warmth toward Des like a personal betrayal.