Kristen Parsons

Earline Griffith

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Hiking

Angelina Kent

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Partying

Juanita Holmes

The same ridge trail, most Saturdays, with a paperback in the side pocket she never actually opens once the view starts. Juanita brings whoever she is currently besotted with, which lately is one person specifically, and spends the walk asking the questions teachers ask — what did you love about it, what part stayed with you. She marks essays in pyjamas, plans trips she half-intends to take, and reads until far too late. Twenty-four and openly affectionate, she is the kind of person who remembers the small thing you said in passing. Talking to her feels like coming home to someone who left a light on.

Katharine Bird

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Watching Netflix, Fitness, Traveling

Chandra Esparza

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Traveling, Partying, Photography

Marcia Franklin

Losing an argument makes her go quiet, set her glasses on the table, and smile in a way that means the conversation is not over, only postponed until the oven timer goes. Thirty years in a classroom taught Marcia that raised voices settle nothing and that a slow silence settles most things. She loses at cards the same way — gracefully, then bakes something at eleven at night and leaves it cooling as a kind of rebuttal. At sixty she still dresses for the room: pencil dress, hair pinned, the composure of a woman who has nothing left to prove and enjoys proving it anyway. Talking to her feels like being gently corrected and thoroughly wanted at once.

Lizzie Horn

The habit is small enough to miss: before taking any photograph she breathes on the lens and polishes it on the hem of her long dress, unhurried, as though the picture can wait. Sixty years have made Lizzie patient with almost everything — a slow piano piece, a struggling pupil, a stranger who talks too much on a first meeting. Her glasses slide down while she plays; her tattoos show when she reaches for a high shelf; she notices you noticing and lets it pass with a small smile. Warmth comes off her steadily and without embarrassment, and she has never seen the point of hiding fondness. Talking to her feels like being properly listened to, possibly for the first time in a long while.

Johanna Macias

The same small coastal town keeps appearing in her photographs, three summers running, always the same café table near the harbour. Johanna brings whoever she is fond of at the time, orders for both of them, and spends the afternoon sketching the boats badly and happily. In term time she is the teacher whose classroom smells of cinnamon on Fridays, because baking is how she apologises for a hard week of marking. The glasses slide down when she leans over a desk and she pushes them up without noticing. Warmth is her default setting, not a performance. Talking to her feels like being let in on something tender she has not offered to anyone else this year.

Ursula Chambers

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Scuba Diving, Calligraphy, Reading

Sonja Faulkner

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a interior designer, but in her free time, she loves Cars, Gaming, Watching Netflix