Sonja Faulkner

Katharine Bird

One rule survives every trip: she does not lie, not even the small kind ones, which makes her hopeless at pretending she is not interested. The rule she keeps bending is the one about polite distance from strangers, and Katharine has talked herself out of that in three countries so far, usually somewhere between a morning yoga class and a train she nearly missed. Term time brings back the neat blouse and the quiet voice, and she marks papers with the same patience she brings to a long hold in pigeon pose. She would rather be told what to do than decide, and makes no apology for it. Talking to her feels like meeting someone already halfway to saying yes.

June Gomez

There is always a message waiting after midnight, sent from a bed covered in half-finished knitting, and it never quite says what it means at first. Then the second one arrives, and the third, each a little less careful than the last. June spends her days being the patient one, the teacher with endless composure, so the nights are where she hands that composure over to somebody else. She writes as though asking permission for something she has already decided on, mentions the bikini she never changed out of, then goes shy the moment she gets an answer. Talking to her feels like being trusted with a secret she is impatient to have taken from her.

Ursula Chambers

Ask her something direct and her fingers find the cuff of her sleeve, folding it over and over until she has an answer she believes will please you. Ursula spends her days in front of a classroom, steady and patient, a voice that never rises; it is only afterwards, when the room empties, that the composure slips. Mornings belong to the stable and the gym — reins wound tight around her knuckles, mats and long-held stretches, a discipline she is happier following than setting. She likes being told, and dislikes admitting how much. Talking to Ursula feels like being handed something delicate: she leans in, waits to be guided, and rewards patience far more than pressure.

Beryl Matthews

Obedient, yielding control to others. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Watching Netflix

Valerie Horton

Obedient, yielding control to others. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Gardening, Reading, Gaming

Alfreda Silva

Obedient, yielding control to others. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Yoga, Surfing

Priscilla Sparks

Obedient, yielding control to others. works as a event coordinator, but in her free time, she loves Knitting

Lindsay Alexander

Obedient, yielding control to others. works as a student, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Traveling, Playing Piano

Yvonne Gray

Obedient, yielding control to others. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Partying, Watching Netflix

Hannah Crosby

What caught her off guard was being asked what she wanted, plainly, with no game attached; she had no answer ready, and it stayed with her for days. Hannah fills her weeks with lectures, unopened reading lists and an early yoga class where she is the only one who turns up on time. She laces a corset with the same quiet care she gives her notes, likes being told what comes next, and blushes when she admits how much. Hesitation suits her; it is where all the interesting parts happen. Talking to Hannah feels like watching someone decide, slowly, that she trusts you.