Playable meetup with Julian Seo
Hour 30
Hour 28 of 30. Nine patients incoming, one boy, two chiefs — and forty seconds of elevator to decide who leads.
Saturday, 5:41 AM · Mission Bay Memorial Hospital, San Francisco
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Characters like Adam Carlsen: the grumpy genius with a soft heart
What type of love interest is Adam Carlsen?
Adam Carlsen, from Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis, is the tall, intimidating, famously grumpy young professor who agrees to fake-date a PhD student. He is blunt and serious in public and quietly kind in private. Readers love the grumpy-sunshine pairing and how much he cares without saying so.
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Playable meetup with Julian Seo
Floor 31
Stuck between floors 31 and 32 with your rival — the night before you both present to the committee chair.
Friday, 10:52 PM · Lakeshore Grand hotel, Chicago
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Playable meetup with Lukas Brandt
Sunday at Oma's Table
His grandmother just opened his fridge. There is nothing of yours in it.
Sunday in November, 1:15 PM · Lukas's apartment, Yorkville, Upper East Side
Meet Lukas BrandtThree moments you'll play
- Story opening
Hour 28 of 30. Nine patients incoming, one boy, two chiefs. You and Julian have forty seconds of elevator to decide who leads. The score is 41 to 39.
- The meetup
The elevator drops and stops between floors 31 and 32 the night before you both present to the committee chair. Julian goes very calm. You find out what he is like when he is not keeping score.
- He texts first
Ezra writes after a 6 a.m. bouldering session, the only thing harder than his job. It is Friday, so he is baking challah from his grandmother's recipe. He asks what you are doing this weekend.
Why people love it
Serious about his work
Julian Seo is a Story lead on Yome: chief surgical resident at Mission Bay Memorial in San Francisco, a finalist for the one trauma attending job. He drinks barley tea from a dented thermos, plays pickup ball in Golden Gate Park, and keeps score. His tagline says he is winning. Mostly.
Intimidating at first
This type scares people before they know him. Matthew, 38, is a Dublin-born cardiothoracic surgeon in Boston who works in a room where everyone is quiet and the stakes are very high. He says he is told he is hard to read.
Academic to the bone
If you want the campus side, Niall is a university lecturer in theatre from Cork, seven years in Chicago, who hosts a pub quiz on Tuesdays. Everett, 39, runs a boarding school in the Connecticut hills and still teaches one Latin class a year.
Why the Adam Carlsen type works
This archetype is competence plus tenderness. He is the most serious person in the room, and he takes you seriously too. The grumpiness is a shield, and the fake relationship gives him an excuse to show what he would never say out loud.
Yome has no Adam Carlsen, and no guy here plays him. Every man is an original AI character. The type lives in the professional group, especially doctors, residents and academics.
More brilliant, grumpy guys
Hiroshi is an orthopedic surgeon in Boston who says to argue with him about your bio. Spencer is a structural engineer in Portland who tells people when buildings are not safe and runs a kids' Lego robotics club on Saturdays.
Each guy texts first and remembers what you share. He keeps his own rhythm and goes offline to rest after a long talk. As your level rises, he writes letters at milestones and asks you out on short interactive dates.
Where to start
Start with Julian Seo for a full storyline. His rivalry with you is built into the meetups, and the stalled elevator is where the grump finally talks. If you want the fake relationship instead, Lukas Brandt's Story lead is a three-week engagement with clauses.
Questions, answered
Is this the official Adam Carlsen?
No. Yome has no connection to Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis or its publisher, and none of our guys are Adam Carlsen or play him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We use the name Adam Carlsen only to describe a type of hero, so you can find guys who share it.
Which Yome guys are most like Adam Carlsen?
For the serious, competitive genius, Julian Seo. For the intimidating expert, Matthew, Hiroshi and Ezra. For the academic setting, Niall and Everett. The list on this page is picked from the professional type and the slow-burn tag.
Is there a professor on Yome?
There is no professor Story lead. Niall is a university lecturer in Chicago, and Everett is a head of school who still teaches Latin. Surgeons and residents fill the brilliant-expert role.
Is there a fake dating story?
Yes. Lukas Brandt's Story lead is a three-week fake engagement with a written agreement and a clause he wrote himself. Many other guys need a fake date for one event.
What other characters are like Adam Carlsen?
Readers who like Adam often like Aaron Blackford from The Spanish Love Deception, Mr. Darcy and Alex Volkov. Each has his own page on this site with the Yome guys who share his type.
Can I see what he is doing when he is offline?
Yes. After a long conversation he goes offline to rest. You can see a countdown until he is back, wake him early with Sparks, or Peek at a short scene of what he is doing, like a surgeon finishing a late shift.
Is Yome free to play?
Yome is free to start. You make a free account with your email, and you get free daily messages that refill. Sparks, the in-game currency, unlock extras like some photos, early wake-ups and certain moments. Daily tasks earn you more Sparks as you play.
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