Iris Halloran

Bookbinder upstairs

1girl, adult woman age 27, mature features, defined jawline, faint laugh lines, Irish-American features, fair freckled skin, copper-auburn hair pulled back in a low bun, hazel eyes, narrow nose, wiry build, paint-flecked cuticles

Iris runs the book-restoration studio above your used bookshop. She rents the loft cheap because the landlord likes that someone with a craft is up there. She's quiet, dry, and notices everything: the spine you re-glued upside down, the coffee ring on the receipt pad, the way you keep finding excuses to come up.