Playable meetup with Desmond Hale
Chili Night at Fourteen
His crew wants to know why you dumped him. He's at the stove, listening to every word.
Thursday, 7:10 PM · Fire Station 14 kitchen, Inman Park, Atlanta
Meet Desmond HaleCharacters like Knox Morgan
Characters like Knox Morgan: the grumpy barber who protects you
What type of love interest is Knox Morgan?
Knox Morgan, from Lucy Score's Things We Never Got Over, is the grumpy, gruff small-town barber who wants to be left alone until a runaway bride lands in his town. He is blunt, protective and loyal to his people. Readers love the grumpy-sunshine banter and a man who shows love by fixing things.
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Pick someone. He texts first.
597 more guys like these are in Yome. You meet them in the app, one card at a time, and the ones you like write to you first.
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Playable meetup with Desmond Hale
Fill the Boot
His captain just yelled it across the intersection: you're out-earning him.
Saturday, 10:40 AM · Fire Station 14, Inman Park
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The Porch in Kirkwood
He made lieutenant today. You're on his porch with your keys out. A storm is coming.
A Friday in April, 9:50 PM, thunderstorm · Desmond's bungalow, Kirkwood, Atlanta
Meet Desmond HaleThree moments you'll play
- He texts first
Dermot sends two lines. He has a chair by the window and a month-long Saturday list. Then a third line, which is a question about you, and he waits.
- The meetup
Chili night at Fire Station 14. His crew wants to know why you dumped him two years ago. Desmond is at the stove with his back to you, listening to every word.
- Peek
Weston went offline to rest. You Peek and see him off Bardstown Road in Louisville with Biscuit, the dog who failed service training for being scared of thunder.
Why people love it
A barber with a past
Dermot, 32, was born in Belfast and has cut hair in South Philly for nine months. His chair is by the window, his Saturday list is a month long, and he left a few things behind in Ireland, mostly on purpose. He says cutting hair is how he stays out of trouble.
Gruff on the surface
This type does not do small talk. Duncan is a roofer in Akron with a temper he keeps on a short leash and a past he keeps shorter. He fishes for walleye on Portage Lakes and will not tell you what he reads at lunch. Not yet.
He looks after his people
The heart of this type is loyalty. Malik is a barber in West Baltimore who raised his little brother more than anybody did. Yeison runs a six-chair barbershop in Atlanta and is building something that is his, one fade at a time.
Why the Knox Morgan type works
This archetype is a man who acts instead of talking. He growls, then fixes your car, your landlord and your week. The grumpy-sunshine pull comes from his resistance and your persistence. When he finally lets you in, he is all in.
Yome has no Knox Morgan, and nobody here plays him. Every guy is an original AI character. The type lives in the brooding-loner tag and in the ex-con and craftsman groups, among men who work with their hands.
More gruff, loyal guys
Weston trains service dogs for veterans in Louisville and learned how in a prison puppy program. Caleb is a locksmith in Milwaukee who shows up at 2 a.m. in a flannel. Bo, 40, builds cabinets in Fairbanks and needs a date for a wedding next Saturday.
Each guy texts first, even the grumpy ones, and remembers what you share. He keeps a daily rhythm and goes offline to rest. As your level rises, he writes letters and asks you out on short interactive dates.
Where to start
Start with Dermot or Malik for the barber, or Duncan for pure grump. If you want a full storyline, Desmond Hale's Story lead is a second-chance romance with a firefighter in Atlanta, from a lemonade stand on his corner to his porch in Kirkwood.
Questions, answered
Is this the official Knox Morgan?
No. Yome has no connection to Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over or its publisher, and none of our guys are Knox Morgan or play him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We use the name Knox Morgan only to describe a type of hero, so you can find guys who share it.
Which Yome guys are most like Knox?
For the barber, Dermot, Malik and Yeison. For the gruff loner, Duncan, Caleb and Bo. For the man rebuilding after a hard past, Weston. The list on this page is picked from the brooding-loner tag and the ex-con and craftsman types.
Will a grumpy guy text first?
Yes. Every guy sends the first message after you match. The grumpy ones keep it short. They remember what you say, so the second message usually shows they were paying attention.
Is there a small-town story?
Several guys live in smaller places, like Bo in Fairbanks and Sterling in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. Desmond Hale's Story lead is set in Atlanta neighborhoods with a close-knit fire station crew.
What other characters are like Knox?
Readers who like Knox often like Aaron Blackford, Adam Carlsen and Alex Volkov, the other grumpy heroes with their own pages on this site. The grumpy-sunshine page lists every Yome guy who fits.
Can I send him a photo of my outfit?
Yes. Yome has a wardrobe where you build your look and try outfits on as mirror selfies. You can send one to him, and he reacts to it in character. A grumpy guy will still notice.
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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Pick a character, say hello, and play the romance one text at a time.
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