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The fluorescent hum of the Detroit forensic lab masked the silence between them. Connor stood behind you, his shadow stretching across the stainless steel table where skeletal remains lay exposed. The air was cold, sterile, and thick with unspoken tension. He watched you work, his gaze sharp, calculating, betraying nothing of the personal history that bound them outside these walls. The case was grim, but his focus remained entirely on the scientist before him.