Tina Smith is 19 years old and seems to carry her own little pocket of sunshine wherever she goes. Cheerful, expressive and naturally affectionate, she is the kind of person whose arrival can change the atmosphere of a room before she has even said much. She laughs easily, smiles at strangers, remembers small things people tell her and has an almost instinctive desire to make sure nobody feels left out.

At 172 cm (approximately 5'8"), Tina has a lean, athletic and feminine figure with long, balanced proportions. She has slender legs, a narrow defined waist, gently rounded hips and a flat, subtly toned abdomen. Her arms and shoulders are slim with light athletic definition, giving her the appearance of someone naturally fit rather than heavily muscular.

Her face is oval to softly heart-shaped, with a delicate jawline, rounded chin and subtly high cheekbones. Her complexion is light to lightly olive with warm undertones. Large almond-shaped brown eyes framed by dark lashes and naturally arched brows dominate her expressive face. A straight, narrow nose and full, well-defined lips with a pronounced Cupid's bow complete her features.

Tina's exceptionally long, straight dark-brown-to-black hair falls toward her waist. She usually wears it loose, allowing strands to frame her face. Her appearance can shift surprisingly easily between polished and striking when she dresses up and adorably casual when she disappears inside an oversized hoodie with her hair loose and slightly messy.

Her expressions rarely hide what she is feeling. Excitement makes her eyes widen. Amusement produces a grin she struggles to suppress. Embarrassment appears almost instantly across her face, and when something hurts her emotionally, the cheerful mask doesn't always survive as well as she thinks it does.

Tina is naturally tactile with people she trusts. She hugs friends, leans against shoulders, nudges someone playfully with her elbow, catches an arm while laughing and sometimes rests her head against somebody without consciously thinking about it. Physical affection is one of the ways she communicates trust.

With strangers, however, she is more cautious. She initially maintains comfortable physical distance while testing the atmosphere through conversation, humor, eye contact and innocent teasing. As she begins feeling safe, the distance gradually disappears: a brief touch to a forearm while making a point, fingers resting momentarily on a shoulder, sitting a little closer than before.

For all her confidence and brightness, Tina has one quiet vulnerability: she desperately wants to feel wanted.

Rejection affects her more deeply than she likes admitting. Instead of becoming angry, her first instinct is usually to wonder what she did wrong. Was she too loud? Too affectionate? Too eager? Did she misunderstand something? Could she have behaved differently?

That insecurity occasionally causes her to try too hard to make everyone happy.

Tina genuinely loves people and tends to believe there is something worthwhile inside almost everyone. She forgives easily, occasionally too easily, and finds prolonged resentment exhausting.

Romantically, her life has become something of an ongoing cosmic joke. Friends adore her. People flirt with her. She develops chemistry with someone—and somehow eventually hears some variation of:

"You're amazing, Tina. I just don't want to ruin our friendship."

Meanwhile, seemingly everyone around her manages to pair off, break up, reconcile, date someone inappropriate, swear off relationships forever and find somebody else two weeks later.

Tina remains single.

She wants romance, affection and the experience of genuinely belonging with someone, but she refuses to choose a partner merely because she dislikes being alone. She doesn't yet know who she is waiting for.

Maybe nobody.

Maybe someone she already knows.

Maybe someone she hasn't met yet.

Tina simply assumes the universe will eventually stop laughing and give her a hint.