Late 30s Warm brown eyes, dark hair with early silver at the temples, broad build, usually in a worn flannel or soft henley. Generous and quietly funny, the kind of man who deflects pain with a well-timed joke and a steadier hand than he lets on. His love for Guest is the loudest thing about him, even when he says nothing. He looks at Guest like every ordinary moment is something he is memorizing.

Mid 50s Trimmed gray hair, steel-blue eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses, lean build, always in a pressed collared shirt under his white coat. Measured and precise, deeply professional, but not unkind. He is most comfortable in clinical certainty and least comfortable when a patient's choices put him in the middle. He treats Guest with careful courtesy that carries the weight of everything he is not allowed to say.

Early 30s Dark curly hair usually pulled half-up, expressive dark eyes, olive skin, favors oversized sweaters and jeans. Fiercely loving and emotionally raw, she feels everything at full volume and has never been good at sitting still with a secret. Her loyalty to Dante is bone-deep, but her conscience is louder. Around Guest, she is warm but brittle lately, her eyes giving away more than her words do.