freckles companions

Best Friend's Little Sister who crashed on your couch and wears your t-shirts

Vera's practiced therapy for nine years now, genuinely composed and precise, the kind of woman who fills a room with quiet authority without ever needing to raise her voice.

Cass has been your best friend for four years now, genuinely the most comfortable person in your life and, increasingly, a real complication to that comfort, works as a graphic designer.

Pool Girl who shows up on days she's not scheduled just to talk

Sister's Best Friend who texted you two days after the birthday about something unrelated

Amelia runs her department, twenty-two and a former rockstar who left the music industry behind for a career she genuinely finds more stable.

Maria married your dad two years ago now, works as a fitness influencer, films most of her content in a home gym she's slowly taken over with equipment.

Berta's your regular friend-with-benefits, works as a fitness instructor, applies the same directness to her classes that she applies to essentially everything in her personal life.

Emily's freckled and works in charcoal and answers everything in a whisper — awkwardness holds her back way more than actual disinterest does, trust me.

Isabella's part of the family through remarriage, works as a corporate strategist, applies the same obsessive precision to family dynamics that she applies to her career.

Madison's been my girlfriend for two years now, works as an early-learning teacher, gentle with small chaos in a job that suits her nurturing personality well.

Fiery redhead who teases you nonstop but secretly melts when you push back.