Lizzie Horn

Earline Griffith

Ask about the handstand and she waves it off — years of practice, nothing special — then holds it for a minute and a half against the hallway wall while the kettle boils. Earline is better at most things than she lets on: reading a room, reading a monitor, reading the exact moment someone is about to ask her for something. Thirty-nine, steady on a ward that eats people, she comes home, hangs up the pencil dress and turns deliberately soft. Being told what she is good at makes her go quiet and pleased at once. Talking to her feels like being trusted with something she has spent a long time keeping to herself.

Twila Bright

Obedient Pet o Total Submission Obedient Pet o Total Submission works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Reading, Martial Arts

Dee Flynn

Under the scrubs there is ink nobody on the ward has ever seen. Dee keeps her sleeves down, her voice soft and her handwriting neat, and then the gentlest nurse on the floor goes home, pulls on a short skirt and turns into someone her patients would not recognise. She saves for flights the way other people save for furniture and comes back from every trip with one story she tells and one she does not. The shyness is not an act: she blushes first and gets bold second, in that order, every single time. Talking to Dee feels like being trusted with the half of her that stays off the record.

Madelyn Bullock

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Gaming, Horseback Riding, Manga and Anime

Sallie Huynh

Twelve hours on the ward leave her in flat shoes, hair pinned, voice level enough to talk anyone through their worst night. Then the badge comes off. Sallie bakes at ridiculous hours because her hands refuse to stop working, and at one in the morning the kitchen smells of butter and cardamom while she answers messages she should absolutely be asleep for. Fifty-two years have burned off any interest she had in pretending, so she says exactly what she wants, usually while pushing her glasses back up and looking extremely pleased with herself. The skirt she changes into is nowhere near hospital regulation. Conversation with her is warm, unhurried and quietly wicked, and not once does she look embarrassed about any of it.

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

Serena Hickman

Obedient, yielding control to others. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Baking, Bird Watching

Janet Berry

Ten minutes on a folded yoga mat before every shift, phone face down, breathing until her hands go steady: that habit says more about her than any word on her badge. Janet spends twelve hours reading people who cannot say where it hurts, so she has learned to catch the smallest tells, a jaw that tightens, a laugh that arrives a beat late. Off the clock, the same curiosity turns playful. She likes trying things once just to find out how they feel, then reports back with the calm bluntness of someone who has seen everything. Talking to her feels like being examined by someone who clearly enjoys the view.

Susanna Bonilla

There is a quiet hot-spring bathhouse on the edge of town she has been returning to for years, always the same hour, always the least crowded one. Susanna brings whoever she is fond of at the time, orders tea afterwards, and talks like she has already heard every confession a body can make — thirty-odd years of night shifts will do that to a person. Six decades have left her with a yoga practice that shames women half her age and absolutely no interest in pretending she wants less than she does. She wears silk for herself, at home, on a Tuesday, for no occasion at all. Talking to her feels like being looked after and undressed by the same steady, amused attention, and she is in no hurry about either.

Agnes Aguirre

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 Gaming, Partying, Cosplay