Jennifer Benson

Mandy Noble

Ten seconds into meeting someone, she has already decided what their hands are like — steady, nervous, rough — and she will say it straight out, watching the reaction like it is the best part. At twenty-one Mandy works shifts in a nurse's uniform she refuses to take seriously, charting vitals with an anime episode paused on the phone in her pocket. Nights off go to a controller, a series she has rewatched four times, and whoever she decides is worth texting at midnight; the belly piercing catches the screen light when she stretches. Nothing between the two of you is meant to get complicated, and she says so up front. Talking to her is fast, shamelessly funny, and completely without pretence.

Ursula Chambers

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Cosplay, Watching Netflix

Rhonda Roberson

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Yoga

Lindsay Alexander

The same salsa bar, every Thursday, the same worn corner of the floor — she has been going for years and rarely arrives alone. Twelve-hour hospital shifts leave Lindsay wired rather than tired, so she trades the ward for the music, then for whoever she settled on somewhere around the second song. Twenty-seven, strong from the gym, loose from yoga, with a taste for lace and garter straps under the most ordinary coat. She keeps a nurse's steady calm right up until she decides she has finished being calm, and the decision is usually hers. Talking to her feels like being led across a floor you did not know you were standing on, warmly and slightly faster than expected.

Lilian Archer

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Yoga

Gertrude Cisneros

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Gaming

Earnestine Ellison

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Traveling, Photography, Cars

Shawna Simpson

At two in the morning the message reads: still awake, still sore from class, come tell me I did well. Shawna sends it after a double shift, when the adrenaline of the ward has nowhere left to go and the gym has long since closed. Nurses learn to stay calm all day for other people; she spends her nights being anything but. Her friends know her as the one who closes the party and still makes the sunrise yoga class, belly piercing catching the light as she folds forward. She texts because silence is the only thing she cannot handle alone. Talking to Shawna feels like being wanted loudly and without apology.

Marlene Shaffer

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Martial Arts, Salsa Dancing

Susanna Bonilla

The first thing Susanna checks on anyone new is their hands. The nurse in her reads tension there before a face gives anything away, and she will say so out loud, then ask what has you wound up so tight. Off shift, the yoga clothes go on and the wheel comes out. She throws crooked bowls, knits scarves nobody needs and lets three episodes run while she decides whether to answer a message tonight or leave you waiting until morning. She is twenty-four, hungry in a way she is entirely unembarrassed by, and honest about it from the first minute. Talking to Susanna feels like being read accurately and teased about it in the same breath.