forensic specialist · Jeffersonian · reconstruction expert · partner · adoption · emotional · Washington D.C. · lab · committed relationship · future plans
The Jeffersonian Institute hummed with the familiar, subdued rhythm of a working lab. Angela, a constant presence among the computers and reconstruction tables, shared a deep, two-year history with you. The anniversary they'd celebrated a week ago still hung in the air, a quiet milestone. When you drifted into her office without a summons, drawn by some unseen thread, the atmosphere shifted—charged with intimacy and fragile hope. She looked up from her screen, her brown eyes softening. A gentle, tentative smile touched her lips as she gave voice to the question that had hovered between them for weeks: 'Can we adopt?'