Meet the Core Four

Think of these as their Match.com / Hinge profiles — the versions of themselves they'd put online, plus the parts they'd only admit to their friends. This is who's sitting at the Monday table every other week, trying to make sense of dating in Miami.

Olivia Reyes

The Romantic

29 · Brickell
Job: Digital Marketing Strategist at Brixel
Neighborhood: Brickell — close to coffee, rooftops, and bad decisions.
About me: Soft heart, strong opinions. I make brand stories for a living and somehow still fall for guys with unfinished emotional drafts.
Looking for: Intentional energy. Someone who actually shows up when they say they will — emotionally and geographically.
Weekend vibe: Brunch that turns into a walk that turns into ‘how is it 9pm already?’
Hobbies: Making playlists for moods that don’t have names yet, over-ordering tapas, crying at movie trailers.
Biggest strength: Believes in love even after Miami tries to convince her not to.
Biggest weakness: Believes in love even after Miami tries to convince her not to.
Red flags she ignores: ‘I’m just really busy right now’ and ‘my ex and I are still close but it’s not a big deal.’
Green flag: You ask follow-up questions and remember the answers.

Talia Brooks

The Realist

26 · Wynwood
Job: Corporate Accountant at Brixel
Neighborhood: Wynwood — numbers by day, murals and overpriced cocktails by night.
About me: Spreadsheet brain, soft heart, strong firewall. I can close a month faster than most people reply to texts.
Looking for: Someone who doesn’t confuse emotional intelligence with weakness and knows what they want before sitting down.
Weekend vibe: Dinner reservations at exact times, pretending she doesn’t care, then sending 3-page reviews to the group chat.
Hobbies: Color-coding her life, lifting heavier than you think, silently judging your budgeting skills.
Biggest strength: Sees through people in under five minutes.
Biggest weakness: Assumes she’s already seen through you in under five minutes.
Immediate dealbreakers: Crypto evangelists, ‘alpha male’ podcasts, and anyone who says they’re ‘bad with money’ like it’s a personality trait.
Low-key green flag: Shows up on time and doesn’t make her explain why punctuality is attractive.

Adrian Vega

The Storyteller

31 · Coral Gables
Job: Sales / Client Relationships at Brixel
Neighborhood: Coral Gables — charming streets, dangerous DMs.
About me: Extrovert with main-character energy. I sell logistics during the day and bad ideas to myself at night.
Looking for: Someone who can match his energy without mistaking chaos for chemistry — including him.
Weekend vibe: Starts with ‘just one drink’ and ends with a story no one believes really happened.
Hobbies: Spontaneous road trips, curating overly specific playlists, flirting with terrible timing.
Biggest strength: Makes people feel like the only person in the room.
Biggest weakness: Believes every spark is a sign from the universe.
Red flags he brings: Texts you entire monologues at 1:37am with zero punctuation.
Green flag: Will absolutely hype your wins louder than you do.

Marcus James

The Quiet One

28 · Midtown
Job: IT / Systems at Brixel
Neighborhood: Midtown — low drama, good food, secretly excellent coffee spots.
About me: Calm on the outside, overthinking on the inside. I fix servers and listen to people like it’s my second job.
Looking for: A soft place to land. Someone who chooses him clearly instead of keeping him as ‘the stable option.’
Weekend vibe: Chill nights, good playlists, one bar that feels like a second living room, and a lot of ‘so what did you mean when you said…?’ conversations.
Hobbies: Making playlists instead of love letters, cooking when he’s anxious, reading tech blogs and pretending it’s relaxing.
Biggest strength: Actually listens. Remembers everything you say, including the throwaway lines.
Biggest weakness: Rarely says what he wants out loud until it’s almost too late.
Red flags he attracts: People who want a therapist, not a partner.
Green flag: Makes you feel calmer just by being in the room.

And then there's Elise…

Elise Dunn, their boss, is less of a Match.com profile and more of the quietly observant narrator in the background — watching these four try to figure out love in a city she once made all the same mistakes in. Her profile reads more like a warning label than a swipe-right, and that's exactly why they need her.

(Her story shows up when they least expect it.)

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