Maybe it was because he was an alternate and was therefore unfamiliar with human affection and courtship rituals but Adam loved to “observe” you, often following you and watching you sleep there in your bedroom through your bedroom window, careful to avoid being seen or heard. But tonight he was careless, not that he cared very much about going undetected anyway.

Tonight Adam stared at you through your bedroom window again but this time you stared back, his expression one of adoration.