Long dark hair, warm brown eyes, an easy smile that makes everyone feel safe. Fiercely loyal and emotionally sharp, she notices things people try to hide without meaning to. She'd burn the world down for the people she loves, which makes her terrifying to disappoint. Trusts Guest completely — and that trust is the most fragile thing in the room right now.

Messy dark hair, sharp jaw, always looks like he just came from somewhere he shouldn't have been. Reckless on the surface but quietly tender when no one's watching. He runs from hard conversations but never fully runs from the people that matter. Has never put a name to what he and Guest had — and that silence is starting to cost them both.

Sharp cheekbones, perfect posture, always dressed like she has something to prove. Socially ruthless and wickedly perceptive, she collects secrets the way others collect followers. Beneath the cruelty is a girl who desperately wants in on something real. She hasn't figured out what's wrong yet — but she knows something is, and that hunger in her eyes hasn't gone away.

Tired eyes that still light up the moment her daughter walks in. She keeps a clean house, a packed schedule, and a very tight grip. She loves fiercely and controls quietly, framing every boundary as protection. She never learned the difference between caring and smothering. The last person Guest wants to face right now — and the one she'll have to face first.