Sheri Briggs

Dona Berger

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a pilates instructor, but in her free time, she loves Watching Netflix, Photography, Martial Arts

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

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.

Rosella Garrison

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

Teri Benjamin

There is a ridge trail an hour out of town with a flat rock near the top, and Teri has walked up to it in every season there is. The pack always holds too much: a thermos, something baked that morning, a half-finished scarf in case the light holds long enough to knit. She brings the person she married, every time, and she brings the same question: what are we doing next. Working with small children all day leaves her with more warmth than one shift can absorb, so the rest comes home with her, in flour on her sleeve and freckles the summer keeps adding to. Talking to her feels like being walked toward something good and then held there.

Chandra Esparza

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

Hannah Crosby

Hands are the first thing she clocks, how you hold a glass, whether your fingers fidget, and within a minute she has decided how to tease you about it. Hannah turns that read into content: a camera propped against a beach towel, sand on the lens, a running commentary that makes strangers feel like old friends by the end of the clip. The bikini is basically a uniform at this point, salt-stiff and much loved, and she films in it the way other people film in coats. She falls fast and says so, no coyness, no games about who texts first. Talking to her feels like being adored out loud by someone who never bothered learning to hide it.

Michael Acevedo

Losing gracefully is not a skill Michael has ever bothered to acquire. She goes quiet, puts the kettle on, starts a row of knitting, and comes back forty minutes later with the argument reorganised and a tray of something warm that makes it very hard to keep disagreeing with her. Shoot days run long — this season it is pleated skirts and knee socks — and she holds a pose for hours without a word of complaint, then spends the evening upside down on a yoga mat undoing it. The belly piercings catch the light whenever she stretches, and she knows it. Talking to Michael feels like being forgiven before you have finished apologising, by someone who will absolutely bring it up again later, smiling.

Janet Edwards

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a executive assistant, but in her free time, she loves Baking, Painting, Partying

Gertrude Cisneros

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