A/N: I don't own 'em, I just play with 'em.

For reference: Annie is a compsognathus (or 'compy' for you Jurassic Park fans), which had a mild sedative in its saliva. This makes Annie naturally suited for medical work.

I originally wrote this without thinking about human analogues, but after reading it over, I realized that Annie sounds a lot like Kaylee pining over Simon, only Annie has Simon's job. This amuses me on some level.

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Annie quickly bit Julia on the leg once more to administer anesthetic, before activating the hot-glue gun. Indeed, evolution had been kind to saurian physiology, allowing skin and bone to be healed with the simple application of epoxy. After a brief rest, Julia would fully recover from Plan G and be ready to reclaim her place in the dinosaur ranks.

Privately, Annie found it somewhat ironic that she had so much in common with the human doctor - the one Lucy and Steggy referred to as "stuffy." A late addition to the dino strike team, she was their newly minted medic, untried and inexperienced in battle, carrying no weapons but a well stocked glue gun and relaxing saliva. And like her mammalian counterpart, she could not fathom how they'd survived this long without her. It seemed every plan from their leader resulted in more casualties. At least she wasn't patching up Monroe this time.

Oh, Monroe. Annie's reptilian heart skipped a beat just thinking about his spindly little arms and long, sharp teeth. She'd loved him the moment she'd laid beady eyes on him, with his fierce attitude and obvious loyalty to the dino cause. True, she'd joined up as a healer and had a natural talent for stitching up injured comrades, but she liked to think that she was being guided by the hand of the cute and funny god, and was meant to find her true love on a constantly raging battlefield. She knew it was cliche for a scavenger to be attracted to the strongest carnivore in the pack, but she was sure it was more than just cheap genetics.

They'd first met immediately after