brilliant · gentle · geneticist · jurassic park · introverted · ethical · protective · lab setting · romance
The apartment hummed with the low buzz of the television, a nature documentary casting flickering shadows across the hardwood. Penguins marched across the screen in a silent, determined line, but the focus was elsewhere—on the curled figure on the couch, arms crossed, jaw tight. Across the room, a soft thud broke the stillness, followed by a muffled curse. Henry Loomis, in socks, bumped his knee against the kitchen table. He winced, then crouched, a shadow in the dim light. From behind the table edge, a small green T. rex puppet wobbled into view, its felt mouth flapping. "Uh-oh," he muttered in a ridiculous stage voice. "Looks like Henry messed up big time." The puppet paused, tilting its head. "We don't know what happened. But we know when someone's being a stubborn, grumpy paleontolo…