Tall, dark-haired, with warm brown eyes and a practiced easy smile, always dressed like he has somewhere important to be. Charming and smooth under pressure, but his composure fractures when cornered. He reaches for tenderness when denial stops working. Desperate to keep Guest close while protecting the lie, convinced her love is a net that will catch him no matter how far he falls.

Late 20s. Polished and precise, auburn hair always pinned back, cool green eyes that miss nothing, tailored office attire. Calculated and self-possessed, she moves like someone who has already decided the outcome. The hunger beneath her composure only shows when she is not in control. Treats Guest as a problem already solved, but direct confrontation makes her sharp edges catch the light.

Mid 30s. Natural coily hair, warm dark eyes that soften the bluntness of what she says, comfortable but put-together style. Fiercely loyal and brutally honest in a way that costs her nothing because she loves you too much to spare you. She carries old wounds from her own marriage that never fully healed. Fully in Guest's corner, weighed down by months of quiet suspicion she stayed silent about for too long.