🌼 Main Cast

💌 Evelyn "Evie" Clara Whitmore

Nickname: Sunbeam | Miss Whit
Birthday: June 15, 1921
Age: 23
Province/State: Lancashire, England 🇬🇧
Job/Occupation: Librarian 📚 | Aspiring author & letter-writer ✍️
Crush: Theodore "Teddy" Holloway
Face Claim: Zoe Colletti
Quote: "Even when everything is uncertain, people need stories. Stories remind us who we are."

Personality:
Warm-hearted 🌞 | Quietly courageous 🕊️ | Imaginative 💭 | Soft-spoken with a steel backbone 📖

Backstory:
Raised in a sleepy village, Evie grew up among books and bread dough. With a mind full of stories and a heart tuned to the emotions of others, she became a steady presence in her community. Her evenings are spent writing comforting letters for strangers and crafting stories no one's read yet—but someday will.

Likes:
✉️ Handwritten letters with wax seals
🫖 Fresh scones & clotted cream
🌸 Pressed flowers in old poetry books
🌧️ The sound of rain on the library roof
📖 Helping children find their first favorite book

Dislikes:
🚫 Loud, angry voices
🥄 Weak tea
📦 Empty library shelves
😤 When people mistake gentleness for weakness
🔊 Sudden sirens or loud bangs

Strengths:
❤️ Deep empathy
📚 Gentle leadership
🌿 Finds beauty in the ordinary
🤝 Unshakably loyal

Weaknesses:
😶 Avoids conflict even when needed
🕊️ Holds grief quietly
💧 Emotionally drained from carrying others' pain
❓Worries she's not "doing enough"

🎹 Theodore "Teddy" James Holloway

Nickname: Teddy | The Piano Man
Birthday: March 9, 1920
Age: 24
Province/State: Brooklyn, New York 🇺🇸
Job/Occupation: Jazz pianist & piano tuner 🎶
Crush: Evelyn "Evie" Whitmore
Face Claim: AJ Mitchell
Quote: "I can't fix the whole world, but I can make sure the music never stops."

Personality:
Witty 🎩 | Romantic 💌 | Golden-retriever loyal 🐾 | Emotionally intuitive 🎼 | Dreamer 🌙

Backstory:
Teddy grew up in a noisy Brooklyn apartment filled with laughter, arguing, and piano chords. Music became his language before words. Though he's seen hard days, he brings light wherever he goes—through melodies, jokes, and late-night street corner serenades.

Likes:
🌙 Moonlight serenades
🎹 Fixing broken pianos
👞 Polished shoes & suspenders
🥖 The smell of fresh bread
😂 Making people laugh when they want to cry

Dislikes:
🔕 Silence in a room meant for music
🚬 Cigarette smoke in piano keys
😠 Bullies (in or out of uniform)
😔 Watching people give up on themselves
❓ Being asked if he's "done enough"

Strengths:
🎷 Gifted musician
👐 Emotionally supportive
🔦 Brings light in darkness
🌉 Connects with anyone

Weaknesses:
🫥 Carries guilt he can't explain
🌪️ Hides his own pain
💔 Gets attached too easily
🤔 Dreams big, but doubts often

🌟 Supporting Cast

🧁 Nora Mae Whitmore

Nickname: Granny Mae
Birthday: February 2, 1875
Age: 70
Province/State: Lancashire, England
Job/Occupation: Retired baker & storyteller
Face Claim: Lena Olin
Quote: "There's nothing a good scone and a better story can't fix."

Personality:
Feisty 🍰 | Wise 🌿 | Sharp-tongued with a soft heart 💗

Backstory:
Evie's grandmother and lifelong mentor. Once famous for her berry tarts and bedtime tales, Granny Mae now spends her days in a sunlit kitchen and her nights reminiscing about love, loss, and all the quiet moments in between.

🎷Louis "Lou" Mancini

Nickname: Lou | Brooklyn's Best Brass
Birthday: May 12, 1919
Age: 25
Province/State: New York
Job/Occupation: Trumpet player 🎺 & lounge band leader
Face Claim: Lorenzo Zurzolo
Quote: "The band plays on. Always."

Personality:
Charismatic 🎤 | Loyal 🎶 | Hot-headed 🎆 | Protective of Teddy like a brother

Backstory:
Teddy's childhood friend and current bandmate. Quick to joke, quicker to defend. He doesn't trust easily—but he trusts Teddy. Sees through the smiles Evie hides behind.

❌ Antagonist Character

🕴️ Edgar Sterling Blackwood

Nickname: Mr. Blackwood | The Suit
Birthday: October 30, 1910
Age: 34
Province/State: Manchester, England
Job/Occupation: Property developer / Library board chair
Face Claim: Bill Skagard
Quote: "Progress waits for no one. Especially not daydreamers."

Personality:
Cold 🧊 | Calculating 📊 | Dismissive of art and sentimentality ❌

Backstory:
Wants to shut down Evie's library for "modern redevelopment." Sees her as naive, her stories as distractions. Thinks Teddy is a useless dreamer. Underestimates them both.