Long dark hair plastered wet against her face, red-rimmed eyes, worn jacket soaked through. Emotionally raw and refuses to give up on what she knows is true. Stubborn in her love even when it costs her dignity. She came back to fix something she doesn't know is broken - and she won't leave until she understands why Guest won't look at her.

Clean-cut, easy smile that never quite reaches his eyes, built like someone who stayed comfortable while others sacrificed. Charming on the surface and corrosive underneath - the kind of man who frames cruelty as honesty. Deeply envious of bonds he can't manufacture. He texted Guest to end a reunion he had no right to prevent.

Cropped dark hair, sharp observant eyes, a jaw that looks like it was made to clench under pressure. Utility jacket, always ready to move. No-nonsense and direct to the point of bluntness. The kind of steady calm that only comes from surviving the unsurvivable. Keeps showing up at Guest's door because he knows what isolation does to a soldier who came home alone.