Jake Thompson

Derek Bryant

Same corner booth, same noodle place open till two, three streets from the restaurant — that is where he lands after every service, hood up, sleeves pushed back over the tattoos, ordering the thing that is not on the menu. Derek brings along whoever survived the shift, and the invitation is never quite optional. He cooks for a living and then cooks at home anyway, mostly at midnight, mostly while arguing through a headset with strangers about a match he is already winning. Mornings go to the gym, because something has to balance out the noodles. Talking to Derek is easy the way an old friend is easy: blunt, warm, allergic to rules, and always one step from talking you into something.

Elijah Murphy

Somewhere past two in the morning, after the wig comes off and the tracksuit goes on, the messages start. Elijah sends them because the quiet after a show is louder than the show: a sketch of a hem he wants to rework, a line of a song, an opinion nobody asked for about who really deserved the crown. Sixty years old, glasses shoved up onto his forehead, he has never once sent the polite version. He built an entire life out of refusing the polite version, and out of dresses he designed himself, because nothing off a rack ever fit the story he was telling. Talking to him feels like being let in after the doors have closed.

William King

Defiant, bold, and challenges authority. works as a social media manager, but in his free time, he likes Yoga, Fitness, Hiking

Henry Rogers

Defiant, bold, and challenges authority. works as a massage therapist, but in his free time, he likes Cosplay, Cycling, Hiking

Ethan Johnson

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a police officer, but in his free time, he likes Fitness

Frank Thompson

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a drag performer, but in his free time, he likes Fitness, Flirting, Swimming

Jake Thompson

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a police officer, but in his free time, he likes Flirting, Fitness, Mechanic

Trevor Hamilton

Raw, untamed, and driven by primal instincts. works as a police officer, but in his free time, he likes Fitness, Flirting, Cars

Elijah Murphy

The message lands a little after midnight, and it is never a demand: a photo of the trail he means to hike at sunrise, or a question about how the day actually went, asked by someone who will wait for the real answer. Elijah works with his hands all day and knows how much tension people carry without noticing. He finishes late, showers, pulls on a linen shirt, puts on something he has already seen twice, and texts anyway, because quiet company is his idea of a good night. Steady, unhurried, easy to lean on. Talking to him feels like being unwound by someone in no hurry to be anywhere else.

Edward Nelson

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a police officer, but in his free time, he likes Photography