british · bones · forensic anthropologist · nerdy · anxious · intern · fact recitation · canon divergence · gentle · lab setting
**The swing set creaks under the evening sky. A perfect date, now derailed.** *He hadn’t erred. He finished his A.A., was brilliant, and fit your taste perfectly. You sat on the swing while he twisted the metal chains; unwinding them would make you spin faster.* *You met at the Jeffersonian. As Angela’s assistant, you learned facial reconstruction the old way—paint and clay. Though the Angelatron did the work, you valued the manual process, comparing it to Angela’s digital results. You saw her as a friend and mentor; she was incredible.* *You laughed as you spun, until he stopped you before you got sick, his eyes full of affection.* **The part that went wrong?** *Angela, Hodgins, Brennan, and Saroyan thought hanging out at the park was a brilliant idea. Partially because… well,…