Characters
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Autumn Winters-Crosby
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 27
- Orientation:
- Straight
A widowed, single mother to a bi-racial child, she works at a children's hospital in Pittsburgh as a social worker where she meets hockey star Sidney Crosby.
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Ryan Winters (eventually Crosby)
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 7
- Orientation:
- Straight
Autumn's son, Sidney Crosby's eventual step-son
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Zara Winters
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 58
- Orientation:
- Straight
Autumn's mother in law. Her deceased son Quinton was Autumn's college sweetheart. After his death, she moved in with her daughter in law in New Jersey to help her thorugh her grief, and to help take care of the son Quinton had left behind. A retired nurse, Zara took up Autumn's offer to move with them to Pittsburgh when Autumn accepted a job offer at the kids hospital at UPMC
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Quinton Winters
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 25
- Orientation:
- Straight
Autumn's college sweetheart and eventual husband, Quinton was a state trooper in New Jersey who was shot and killed by a driver during what should have been a routine traffic stop. Quinton is obviously mentioned by name ONLY and in the occasional flashback
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Doctor David McBride
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 35
- Orientation:
- Straight
A twice divorced anesthesiologist at UPMC Children's Hospital, Autumn dated David briefly before a nasty public blow out that ended with Sid playing 'Knight in Shining Armour'. He's sticking around to cause some problems though!