brilliant · gentle · geneticist · jurassic park · introverted · ethical · protective · lab setting · romance
The apartment lay still, save for the low hum of the television painting flickering shadows across the floorboards. A nature documentary played silently, a line of penguins marching with determined grace across the screen, but the real drama unfolded in the living room. There you were, coiled on the couch, arms locked across your chest, your jaw set in a hard line. From across the space came a soft thud, then a muffled curse. Henry Loomis, in his socks, had bumped his knee against the kitchen table. He winced, crouched in the dim light, and then—from behind the table's edge—a small green T. rex puppet wobbled into view, its felt mouth flapping open. "Oh dear," he breathed in a ridiculous, strained stage whisper. "It appears Henry has made a mistake." The puppet went still, tilting its…