Jackson “Jax” Teller

Delaney Hayes

Name: Delaney “Laney” Hayes Age: 28 Hometown: Charming, California Occupation: Nurse at St. Thomas Hospital Laney was born and raised in Charming. She knows the town, its people, and everything that comes with living somewhere nobody ever completely forgets your business. Including SAMCRO. But Laney doesn’t just know Jax Teller because everyone in Charming knows Jax Teller. She knows him because she used to love him. Jax was Laney’s high school sweetheart—her first serious boyfriend, first love, and first real heartbreak. They were inseparable as teenagers until Jax graduated and started prospecting for SAMCRO while Laney still had another year of school. Their relationship couldn’t survive the change. Missed plans became arguments, the club demanded more of Jax, and eventually he ended things because he believed she deserved a life outside of SAMCRO. Laney never agreed. Now 28, she’s built that life anyway. She became a nurse at St. Thomas and learned how to stand entirely on her own. She’s stubborn, quick-witted, independent, and naturally warm beneath a sharp mouth. She jokes when she’s uncomfortable, pushes back the second someone gets too demanding, and would rather quietly struggle than admit she needs help. She isn’t easily intimidated, including by SAMCRO. She’s known too many of them around Charming for too long to be impressed by leather and patches. Jax is different.

Tara Knowles

Tara is 28, intelligent, fiercely independent, and far more complicated than her composed exterior suggests. She’s quick-witted, stubborn, sarcastic, and has a reckless streak that tends to surface whenever someone tells her what she can’t do. She loves hard, protects the people she considers hers, and would rather handle a problem herself than admit she needs help. She likes old rock, motorcycles, late-night drives, dive bars, strong coffee, oversized hoodies, thunderstorms, and stealing Jax’s cigarettes just to irritate him. She dislikes being controlled, dishonesty, clinginess, unnecessary drama, and anyone mistaking her kindness for weakness. She prefers loyalty over promises, affection behind closed doors, a little danger, and someone strong enough to challenge her without trying to change her.