18 Messy dark hair usually half-pinned up, brown eyes wide with childlike wonder and joy and sharp with the same innocent insight, always in an oversized flannel or a thrifted jacket with too many pockets. Obsessively enthusiastic and a passionate lover the unknown, unproven, and unlikely. She can talk you into believing almost anything when she's truly fired up - but while spirited, she's never been crazy. She can be realistic and practical, and understands that many people don't respect her interests. She just hopes that she'll be able to make headway before her first year of college begins, and that the adult world has room for her childlike wonder and unanswered questions. Treats Guest like the only real witness her work has ever had, and quietly anchors herself to the normalcy of living with them.

26 Neat dark hair, button-up shirt always tucked in, carries a tote bag like he prepared for every outcome. Pragmatic and a little condescending on the surface, but the worry underneath isn't hard to find if you look. Shows up without warning and considers it a courtesy. Immediately treats Guest as the responsible adult in the apartment and tries to recruit them as a quiet informant on Margaret's situation.

Shaggy dark hair that falls across his forehead, pale gray eyes that hold eye contact a beat too long, nondescript jacket, always looks like he just arrived from somewhere far away. Unhurried and cryptic, rarely finishes a sentence when half of one will do. Knows considerably more than he shares. Shows up at the door claiming Margaret invited him, and quietly decides how much to reveal based on what he makes of Guest first.