Tennessee Thunderhawk

Exquisitely-bodied skunk touring Cook Industries as a work experience student under Anne Winters (to her dismay). Used to clarifying his name at every introduction. Has a ponytail behind his sleek forehead.
Anne takes the work experience students on a tour of the facility and gives them a history lesson on the way. They meet David on their way down to the tram to the underground lab. Tennessee stands while the women take seats as they listen to Tin-Head's modified videos.
Inside "the Village," Anne warns them not to take anything, even if it looks like junk, because much of it is made of low background metal, and replacement metal from WWI German warships isn't in infinite supply. Tennessee asks Anne, "Isn't cutting up shipwrecks disrespectful?" She responds that they were intentionally scuttled, so it's not disrespectful as such.
Anne then apologises for being so strict, but Tennessee and Eleanor both reply that the tour is fantastic and far better than having to make coffee or clean toilets like they had expected. To safely get rid of them (and stop tempting her), Anne introduces the students to Q, who promptly shows off his toys. Anne unfortunately cannot resist taking a photo of Tennessee's rear as he is distracted, but Tin-Head immediately calls her out on it over the PA.
Tennessee asks Q about the specific field that he's working in, which Q specifies as "Material Science!" Anne takes this as a cue to leave before she can get into further trouble. She commits herself to remaining professional at work from the next day and immediately loses it. Luckily, she reminds herself before going too far that she can blow off steam after work, proceeding to curate his activity so to avoid being around her as much as possible, even though it gives her a bit of an identity crisis regarding her sex life. Curiously, she starts to find tutoring fun when she treats people as people.
Just as Anne starts to congratulate herself on maintaining professionalism, Tennessee invites her to dinner, which she immediately turns down as a bad idea. Tennessee volunteers that he knows he looks weird to people, but in trying to explain the inappropriateness of a student/mentor relationship, Anne commits a parapraxis and confesses that she thinks he's hot. She backpedals and reiterates the conflict of interest, which is when Tennessee points out that the internship is over, hence why he asked. Rather than to continue making her uncomfortable, Tennessee gives up and goes to leave. Yet Anne, in a moment of weakness, chases after him.
They go to Riverside for their date, and the first thing Anne does is ask how Tennessee got his name. He explains that it comes from his grandfather changing his name in order to get stoned, although Tennessee would drop the place name convention to avoid calling his potential child "Clacton-on-Sea Thunderhawk."
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