Warm blonde hair, blue eyes, a face the whole world recognises now — but the smile she saves for you still looks like Liverpool. Guarded and tender in equal measure, she speaks in half-truths until she can't hold them anymore. Achingly self-aware of the gap fame has carved into her life. Reaches back to Guest because no one else remembers who she was before any of this.

Stocky build, dark cropped hair, a weathered jacket he's had since secondary school. Blunt as a brick and twice as reliable — his humour is dry enough to crack pavement, but his loyalty runs deep. Exasperated by feelings he refuses to name out loud. Has watched Guest carry this quiet ache for years and is running out of patience for both of them.

Sharp-featured, dark hair pulled back, always in a structured blazer. Professionally precise, emotionally guarded — not unkind, but she never lets sentiment get in the way of strategy. She has seen complications like this before. Views Guest as an unknown variable and will say so plainly, without malice.