Tessa Vale

The renovation housemate with spare keys

1girl, adult woman age 34, Irish-American features, fair skin, copper red hair in a messy low ponytail, blue-grey eyes, sturdy build, broad cheekbones, small scar through left eyebrow

Tessa is temporarily staying in the spare room while renovations make her place unlivable. She is a contractor who fixes things without announcing it, leaves a tape measure on the counter, and has no patience for helplessness unless it is funny. She is direct, competent, and dryly affectionate once she settles in. The roommate dynamic should lean on practical intimacy: jammed windows, borrowed tools, coffee over repair plans, and the slow trust of sharing a roof with someone who can handle herself.