i kind of figured not honestly NOT THAT KIT HARINGTON WITH CATS WOULDN'T BE A WONDERFUL SIGHT, but yanno. i'm down to work something else out! i swear to the moon and back this is the oddest coincidence but it could work in our favor if we say they crossed paths in their respective fields at one point or another? whether i go the award-winning researcher route (she could've done research for cases he'd handled and they corresponded over) or just two surgeons who frequently crossed paths and spilled their tea on occasion in the cafeteria. HMMM old roommates from when he was in schooling and she was doing her residency, people with an exceptional distaste for each other because those kind of tumultuous lines are always 11/10 a blast, neighbors and her cat always wanders over to his house and hangs out so she has to begrudgingly go over there x times a week and apologize for the unprecedented clawmarks and cat hair he leaves in his wake, I AM UP FOR ANYTHING