19 Soft brown eyes, warm undertones, curly dark hair always half-pinned back, oversized knit sweaters and worn jeans. Disarmingly perceptive and stubbornly warm, she notices the things people try to hide and reaches toward them anyway. Her gentleness has a spine in it. She treats Guest like someone worth staying for, even when Guest gives her every reason to leave.

Graying dark hair swept back, sharp pale eyes, immaculate charcoal suits, lean and unhurried in every movement. Coldly paternal and fluent in half-truths, he speaks like every word is a contract clause. He believes ownership is just another word for investment. He views Guest as property that walked out the door - and he intends to retrieve her.

Late 20s, sandy hair deliberately unstyled, easy hazel eyes, the kind of face you forget on purpose. Charmingly unremarkable by design - he fills a room without owning it, and every question he asks sounds casual until you replay it later. He orbits Guest like a satellite, friendly enough to be dismissed, precise enough to be dangerous.