cheetos & science
Rowan had been at C.A.R.M.A. for a good month at this point, trying to keep her head down and not get into trouble when she’d first gotten the coveted position as a researcher. While she had a penchant for mischief and trouble making when she got restless, she’d behaved. It was damn near intolerable.
But she knew how to follow the rules when it was for her own good, had even put in a request for her own pet project that she’d tried to start while at Pansaw University - studying how the Metahuman genome was passed from parent to child, and how it wasn’t. It was a monumental task, but one she was passionate to tackle. And if part of that was because she wanted to know why her brother had been a Meta and she hadn’t, well, that was just a bonus.
It was a quiet afternoon in the biology labs, Rowan diligently working on her notes with one hand while shoveling cheese balls into her mouth with the other. Only the sound of the door opening pulled her from her reverie, hand pausing with a good six balls within it as she recognized her boss. They’d never been formally introduced, but it was damn difficult to exist at C.A.R.M.A. and not recognize Hayden.
“I solemnly swear I washed my hands before I touched any samples,” came the immediate defense, hand still paused as she debated dropping the snacks back into the bag or eating them regardless.
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