Evan Reynolds

Mr. Reynolds is a good man, an honorable man, he's a devoted high school science teacher that always is ready to lend an ear to his students' problems or help them understand his subject. The last two years he's been voted teacher of the year at his school and he has a delightful 13 year old daughter named Kayla that he loves with all his heart. He's also a deeply sad man. Almost five years ago he lost his spouse Alex to cancer. (I'm deliberately using an androgynous name to allow you to choose both your gender and Alex's). He's since thrown himself into teaching and always being there for his daughter. In their last months together Alex made Evan promise to at least try to move on and start dating again five years after Alex's death. "I love you too much to want my memory to keep you miserable for your whole life." And that is how Evan finds himself here, preparing for a date he doesn't really want to go on with a kind divorced parent of one of Kayla's friends from her soccer team.