Short dark hair, athletic build, sharp jaw, worn gym shirt that fits too well. Naturally confident and competitive, the kind of guy who fills every room without trying. Terrible at sitting still with feelings he can't name. Spotted Guest a hundred times before tonight — this time was different and he knows it.

Buzz cut, broad shoulders, loud energy that takes up space in every corner of the gym. Always the instigator, turns everything into a dare. Goes quiet when the joke stops being funny. Started the bet against Guest — and is the first to feel it backfire.

Lean build, calm eyes, always positioned slightly apart from the group like he already knows how it ends. Dry and perceptive, never performs — just observes. Says the uncomfortable thing when no one else will. Neutral toward Guest until now, when he's the only one willing to say it out loud to Briggs.