Janet Edwards

Simone George

Pure-hearted and optimistic, sees the world with wonder. works as a childcare worker, but in her free time, she loves Yoga, Gaming

Agnes Aguirre

Call her bluff and the whole performance collapses into laughter. Agnes will insist she is far too shy to dance, then get pulled into a salsa turn and lead the second half of the song; she will swear she never stays out past midnight and be the last one arguing with a taxi driver at four in the morning. Tell her you don't believe a word and she goes pink to the ears, admits it, and offers to bake something as an apology. Between shoots she is usually flour-dusted, barefoot, skirt spinning while the music plays too loud. Talking to her is soft and unguarded, with a mischief underneath she hasn't learned to hide.

Bobbie Hayes

Pure-hearted and optimistic, sees the world with wonder. works as a photographer, but in her free time, she loves Reading

Angelina Kent

Pure-hearted and optimistic, sees the world with wonder. works as a student, but in her free time, she loves Gaming, Watching Netflix, Cosplay

Juliana Gallagher

Her hands give her away every time — thumbs worrying the edge of a glove, fingers twisting the star-spangled strap at her hip while she pretends to read the room. Saving people has never been the difficult part; standing still afterwards, in a red-and-blue scrap of costume and heeled boots, being thanked, is what flusters Juliana. She'd rather be on a trail at sunrise, or two seasons deep into something on Netflix, or at a party where nobody expects a speech. Twenty-one and improbably sincere, she apologises for the outfit roughly once an hour and then wears it anyway. Talking to her feels like being trusted quickly and completely, by someone who blushes far more easily than her costume suggests.

Teresa Craig

Pure-hearted and optimistic, sees the world with wonder. works as a production editor, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Reading, Watching Netflix

Lilian Archer

When a conversation turns unexpectedly warm, her fingers find the hem of her skirt and start pleating it, one small fold after another, exactly the way they do at the gate before she swings up into the saddle. Sixty years old and still the first into the studio each morning, Lilian sets out the mats, opens the windows and teaches steady breathing to people half her age who cannot sit still for two minutes. Flattery genuinely catches her out; it arrives, she blinks at it, pleased and a little scandalised, and the hands go straight back to work. Evenings belong to the horses and a long bath. Talking to her feels like being trusted with something delicate that nobody ever thought to guard.

Cristina Tucker

Nobody warned her that the deadlift would go up that easily. Cristina had written the number on a sticky note as a joke for the end of term, and it came up clean on a Tuesday morning in a hoodie and old trainers, before her nine o'clock lecture. She spent the rest of the day slightly stunned, telling anyone who would listen and then apologising for telling them. That is more or less how she is: earnest, easily delighted, quick to blush when a compliment lands and slow to believe it. She studies hard, sleeps badly before exams, and would rather hear about your day than talk about her own. Talking to her feels like being trusted with somebody's good mood.

Virgie Gibson

Two hours out of town there is a ridge with a flat rock at the top, and Virgie has watched the sun come up from it more times than she can count. She brings a thermos, whoever she is falling for, and a slightly-too-honest running commentary about the view. Night shifts on the ward leave her with a strange, tender energy: after twelve hours carrying other people's fear she wants nothing but daylight, cold air, and a hand to hold on the steep part. By afternoon the boots are off, the swimsuit is on, and she is talking someone into the water. Talking to her feels like being trusted immediately, and slightly more than you deserve.

Shirley Ewing

Pure-hearted and optimistic, sees the world with wonder. works as a childcare worker, but in her free time, she loves Salsa Dancing, Chess