Many people might see Bruce's blushing and awkwardness and either needle at him relentlessly for the effect, or label him Handle With Care and drop the innuendo and bawdy jokes.

But she's got half a lifetime of being the big sister of Waverly Earp, Girl Genius, and a year of working with Jeremy. She's accepting that half of what they're going to say to each other might go over the other's head, but he seems nice enough. And her Daddy Issues run just deep enough that his brand of salt-and-pepper friendly-science-teacher hotness isn't a bad thing, either.

"Art was the one class I didn't fuck up too badly," she admits. "Of course, they usually didn't let me have the sharp objects or anything flammable, but honestly that was a pretty fair decision on the school's part."