Moth!!

High Potential | 1x05 Croaked

She’s pleasant and warm with the team, bringing in doughnuts, apologizing for stealing Daphne’s candy, bantering with Oz, and having calm investigation sessions with Soto about Roman’s case.

And with Karadec? Sheer mass chaos. If she’s not actively flouting the rules then she’s telling you how much you suck (for not letting her flout the rules). No she will NOT bring in your favorite pastry until she decides if she likes you, and also you’re about to get into a chase with a suspect bc she wants to reveal evidence in a dramatic way.

There’s reasons for why that is - they have similar personalities, they are harder on one another bc they’re partners and they have to trust one another more, Morgan is more sensitive to Karadec’s frustration w/ her than she lets on and is working very hard to pretend she doesn’t care.

It makes his dynamic with Morgan really appealing, bc you get the sense she’s the first person to make him smile in a very long time. (And she’s not even really trying! She’s just joking like she always does. There’s just something in Morgan that reaches Karadec in a way no one else can.)

and the fact that kids wanted to eat his food and he just lets them *CRYING* I need more kid and karadec interactions!!!

*FERAL NOISES*

If Morgan is Kidnapped:

Level-headed Karadec losing every last bit of calm and control as he becomes desperate to find her.

Morgan being called Karadec's "weakness"/Karadec being told caring for Morgan makes him "vulnerable".

Karadec immediately developing the world's largest guilt complex bc protecting Morgan is HIS responsibility. Bonus if the kidnapper is someone from Karadec's past seeking revenge, who purposefully targeted Morgan to hurt him.

If Karadec is Kidnapped:

Oh, you thought Morgan was chaotic BEFORE? Now she's essentially a hurricane compressed into a laser, pointed at one thing only - getting Karadec back. She is going to hit you harder than anything you ever thought possible (figuratively and literally).

Soto sending Morgan home (with police protection) bc she doesn't want Morgan to get kidnapped too. so Morgan privately investigates Karadec's disappearance, without the police knowing.

Morgan figuring out where Karadec is, arriving first on the scene, and refusing to wait for back-up before running in to try and save Karadec.

Bonus Tropes for Either Scenario:

Being used as bait to lure in the other. And the other knowing they're walking into a trap but doing it anyway.

Kidnapper massively underestimating Morgan, whether she's the hostage or the rescuer. The kidnapper thinks she's just Karadec's pretty partner that occasionally makes observations or spouts facts, rather than seeing the fully intelligent, cunning, and tough as nails person she is.

The person kidnapped being certain their partner will find them.

Me: Oh yeah that's the good shit