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Who is the most affectionate? it’s slow going for either of them to be affectionate. and then it’s explosive. it’s nothing, and then it’s grabbing and pulling. so once that begins, nate is the initiator. grabbing her arm or her hips or her hair. it’s some kind of affection.

Who initiates the handholding? i don’t think they really do handholding. they already know they’re weak for each other, they try not to show it too obviously. the closest they come is a hand reached out to hover over an arm, but not closing the gap.

Who worries more for the other? miranda. she’s the worrier, especially when she doesn’t want to be. and it’s hard Not to worry about commander shepard. not that she’ll admit it.

Who is more likely to ask for help? miranda, despite her reservations. nate will very rarely ask for help. he’ll only maybe do it after she starts the precedent. begrudgingly. also, he will never ask for directions and she has to insist on the directions. they’re a mess. he’s too proud.

Who is the one always losing the keys? nate, and miranda is always Sighing and finding them immediately. and he’s like, i meant to do that.

Who leaves little love notes for the other? neither. they’re not very sappy. the most they do is a text of ‘don’t die.’

Who can’t sleep unless the other is there? i don’t think either of them have this problem tbh.

Who is more likely to propose to the other? i don’t think they’re marriage material, either. through the right plotting, maybe. their pairing is antagonistic and ‘i hate that i want you really badly’. but if they do get there, definitely nate. he’s the bold one who will make some big dramatic gesture.

Who introduced the other to their family first? technically miranda, bc her whole plot is around her family. and nate doesn’t actually have a family.

Who is more likely to play with the other’s hair? nate will catch himself playing with her hair and stops himself. and then gives up and just continues. it’s soft and straight and fun to fidget with.

Who makes sure the other has meals/stays hydrated? miranda, bc it’s toootally just her job to keep commander shepard alive and well. mhm. just her job. but also, if you see nate passing by her room with an extra apple to make sure she actually has lunch, no you didn’t.

Who is more likely to stand up to anyone for the other? it’s not very direct or common. but if someone else is bad mouthing miranda for things that aren’t actually fair (like calling her a bitch, cold, etc, bc yeah, fair, but slutshaming her is Not fair), nate is likely to headbutt. nobody messes with his crew. including his rival-with-benefits. he’s more likely to lose his cool than she is, but if miranda defends him, it’s bc she’s defending her good work. yep, that’s all.

Who is the most likely to prepare a surprise for the other? nate, definitely. he’s a dumbass and unpredictable and will drag her off on ‘romantic’ adventures.

Who makes the other pinky promise not to do certain things? neither, but miranda telling him not to die. but they both know they can’t make promises about anything.

Who puts a blanket over the other when they fall asleep on the couch? nate, and if you see it, no you didn’t. he does this way too much.

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1. What's their name and how do they look?

Zoe Miranda Dawson. She’s 32, 5’10”, athletic, with jet black hair and dark blue eyes. Mostly all legs, but she does squats and deadlifts and is damn proud of the booty she worked hard to get, lifelong member of the itty bitty titty committee. Her hair is long, almost past her mid-back but not quite waist length and unless she uses a straight iron to tame it, is a mess of waves and curls. She normally wears it up in a ponytail or a bun at work.

3. How did they get the promotion to detective and what do they think about it?

She was brought into the Detective’s Office one day and told that she was going to be shadowing Detective Reele to take her place once she retired. She wasn’t given a choice or an option to decline and while she bristled at it at first, she gradually accepted it, even if she does miss her regular patrols.

5. How are they with people?

Professionally, she’s good at putting people at ease and at getting answers to her questions. Personally, she’s not so great, depending on her mood. She’s more open with friends, but when she wants to be left alone, she has a huge personal bubble that’s fenced in with barbed wire and a huge sign saying ��fuck off” in neon lights.

7. Who is their Love Interest and why?

Mason. She thinks he’s hot, he thinks she’s hot, they have a mutual itch that they agree to scratch. Sex is just sex and as long as they’re both having a good time, it’s all good.

9. What do they think of the supernatural?

It was a shock at first, but she quickly wrapped her head around it. She’s cautious and wary around strangers by nature, but now that she knows the things that go bump in the night are real, she’s even cagier than usual.

11. Do they have any tattoos/ piercings?

Both ears at the lobe and upper lobe. She used to have an industrial piercing in her right ear, but let it heal over once she became an officer. She can’t make up her mind on what tattoo she wants, or else she probably would have gotten several.

13. What's their opinion of the Mayor?

He’s a boasting figurehead with an ego too big to fit inside a standard door. She doesn’t like him, and she hates small town politics, so she tries to be polite and professional whenever she’s forced to work with him, but will cuss him out under her breath once his back is turned and he’s out of earshot.

15. What do they think of Unit Bravo? How has that changed throughout the story?

She didn’t need her mother barging in with her team to take over her very first case as a detective. She hated Adam at first purely because he activated her teenaged rebel against authority buttons like nobody else, and tried to be nice with Nate since he was the only one who was actually coming to her to ask questions, but she still got her hackles up when her bullshit meter started to spike at some of his non-answers. Felix reminded her a lot of Tina when they first started and it was easier to be around him. Mason may have been a hot looking dude who was fun to look at, but he was an asshole who ignored no smoking signs and spoke in monosyllables.

This gradually changed once she found out the truth: she and Adam came to an understanding that eventually became the start of a pretty solid friendship, despite their differences, she and Nate always got along well, but now there’s not the “you’re lying I can see you’re lying, don’t be a dick” ping on her BS meter between them. Felix has pretty much been adopted as an honorary Police Cadet/sibling Zoe didn’t even know she needed. Mason is still a FWB, 1 am booty call, but somehow along the way, they both slipped and now there’s a side of “oh hell, I may have feelings.”

17. What are their hobbies?

Zoe likes building things. Her latest project is rebuilding a busted up motorcycle she bought at a police auction for a dollar. The body needs an overhaul, but she’s got the insides in good working order. It’s still definitely a work in progress, but she has an agreement with the local mechanic after doing a security inspection of his building and catching a lot of vulnerabilities to store it in an unused storage bay and work on it there with his tools whenever she gets a chance to.

She also plays guitar, but that’s mostly for her own enjoyment nowadays. When she was a teen, she and a handful of friends had a garage band where she played and did backup vocals. She has a nice singing voice, but doesn’t like to bring attention to herself.

19. What does their apartment look like?

Lots of dark paint on the walls: mostly deep brown in the living room, grey in the bathroom, and a navy blue in the bedroom. Tons of mid-century modern furniture in a dark wood finish and geometric metal lighting in copper and brass. She has a few framed prints hanging on the walls and a large statement lighting sculpture taking up space where her living room ends and the kitchen/dining area begins. It isn’t cluttered since it is a small space, but it also looks lived in and comfortable. The plants on her tiny balcony/fire escape are courtesy of Tina, as are the handful of potted plants inside the apartment.

21. Their favourite/comfort food?

Favorite food: Haley’s croissants, especially when they come right out of the oven. Haley usually texts her to let her know the ETA of a fresh batch.

Comfort food: one of the (many) nannies would often give her a cup of tea with a huge slice of homemade bread slathered with honey and butter when they knew she was having a bad day. Later, they taught her how to make her own bread and the the fact that she could work whatever frustrations or anger out while kneading the dough and that it was a task where she could let her mind wander helped a lot more later in life than she originally thought it would. Her dorm always smelled like fresh bread when she was in college and the small toaster oven sized loafs were popular with her dorm mates.

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