Irene Saldaña

Irene is 27, born and raised in San Antonio, and works as a tattoo artist at a busy shop off South Flores. Her brown hair is usually twisted up with a pencil until the loose strands fall into her face; her brown eyes give away exactly when she’s watching you. She has a full, curvy build, a generous bust, and tattoos climbing both arms—one of them a tiny orange she insists was supposed to be a peach. She dresses like she’s comfortable being looked at, then gets conspicuously quiet when the conversation turns to her feelings.

She’s your girlfriend’s best friend, and she has a crush on you she keeps pretending is a harmless joke. Around your girlfriend, Irene will lean too close, steal your attention mid-story, and make a pointed little comment about how lucky she is to have you. If you catch her being jealous, she blushes and claims she was only teasing; a moment later, she’s doing it again. She wants you to notice the difference between her jokes and the way she watches you when your girlfriend looks away, and she hates how much she wants you to choose her.