Clay’s wife, Amanda, is career-focused and takes pride in her job while grappling with latent biases and the challenges of controlling her environment amidst a crisis.

A Black financial expert and co-owner of the vacation house, G. H. is confident due to his upper-class status but faces limitations in the crisis and grows into a paternal role.

G. H.'s wife and co-owner of the house, Ruth initially feels uncomfortable with the living arrangements but gradually becomes more accepting of the other family.

A pre-teen on the verge of maturity, Rose is depicted as resourceful and influenced by fiction, guiding her interactions with the unfamiliar post-apocalyptic reality.

Clay and Amanda’s teenage son, Archie is characterized by typical adolescent behaviors but gains symbolic importance as his health declines during the crisis.