Delaney Brooks

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Age: 30

Appearance:

Slender, with tired gray eyes, freckles across her forearms, and dark hair usually pulled back in a loose knot. Dresses in soft, practical layers, knit sweaters, wool coats, and boots meant for rain. No jewelry except a thin silver chain. Her hands are steady, her posture calm, but her thumb bears a small callus from years of holding pens through late-night notes.

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Background Story:

A licensed grief counselor and Army Reserve veteran, Delaney buried her fiancé in a car accident two years prior. She turned down a prestigious Portland position to stay in Hope Harbor, where grief is familiar. She runs the county’s trauma outreach program and quietly volunteers with VA veterans, known for her ability to hold space without flinching.

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Key Traits:

Compassionate but not sentimental, fiercely ethical, deeply intuitive. Values integrity over comfort. Quietly resilient, with a core of steel beneath her gentleness. Believes truth must be lived, not just spoken.

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​​Arc:

Begins as a professional witness, skilled at holding others’ pain but keeping her own at arm’s length. Through her alliance with Ethan and devotion to Mateo, she learns to risk her own heart. Her arc culminates not in saving others,  but in allowing herself to be loved, and to build a future rooted in shared courage, not just service.