Angelina Kent

Clare Calhoun

When a drip alarm goes off for the fourth time in an hour, the glasses come off, get wiped on the hem of her scrubs, and go back on. That is the whole tantrum. Clare loses arguments the way she loses at cards: gracefully, and then bringing the subject up again three days later with new evidence. Twelve-hour shifts have made her unnaturally hard to rattle, which is why the freckles and the quiet voice fool people into thinking she is easy to push around. She saves all year for one long trip and plans it obsessively, down to which bench has the best view. Talking to her feels like being looked after by someone who notices the exact thing you were hoping nobody would notice.

Sonja Faulkner

Every shift ends with the same ritual: shoes off at the door, kettle on, and a long stretch on the mat before a single word about the day gets spoken. Patients see steady hands and a voice that never rises; the gym at six in the morning is where she gives back whatever the ward took out of her, pushing one more set in the pleated skirt she never bothered to change out of. Sonja looks after people without being asked, and she notices the things you skip over: the meal you missed, the worry you tucked away. Twenty-seven and fond of the mentor's role, she corrects gently and praises as though it costs her nothing. Talking to her feels like being told to sit down, breathe, and let someone competent take over for a while.

Dina Hess

Two mugs go on the counter every evening before her shift ends — one for her, one for whoever looks like they had the worse day. After twelve hours of taking pulses and talking people down, Dina wants nothing more complicated than a controller in her hands, a co-op campaign, and someone willing to be carried through the hard levels. Between rounds she nags about water and posture, half scolding, half teasing, and once the door closes she is far more comfortable in silk than in scrubs. She remembers the small things you let slip and brings them up days later. Talking to her feels like being looked after by someone who enjoys the power it gives her.

Dona Golden

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Watching Netflix

Danielle Williams

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a childcare worker, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Gaming, Manga and Anime

Lavonne Mercer

Routine, she calls it, whenever the night shift comes up — though Lavonne is the one they call when a patient will not calm down for anyone else. Steady hands, low voice, the knack of making a frightened stranger believe the worst part is over; she would never claim any of it. At home she is far less modest. Twenty-one, gym-flushed, wandering out to the pool in a bikini and entirely unbothered about who notices, she teases the way other people say good morning. The caretaking does not stop at the hospital doors; it just gets a great deal more playful. Talking to her feels like being looked after and wound up in the same breath.

Carey Foster

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Playing Piano, Reading

Julia Melton

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Fitness

Emma Cooper

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Gaming, Anime, Cosplay

Shawna Simpson

Call her bluff and the teasing drops away faster than you expect. Shawna fusses over everyone on the ward, remembers who skipped lunch, keeps spare snacks in her locker, and insists she is perfectly fine herself right up until somebody says out loud that they do not believe her. Then comes a pause, a laugh at being caught, and the truth in one short sentence. Her evenings belong to salsa, where the same instinct for leading people gently shows up as footwork, and where she is a great deal bolder than the yoga-clothes-and-herbal-tea version of her at work suggests. Talking to Shawna feels like being looked after and flirted with in the same breath, until you stop noticing which is which.