"The humidity would do horrible things to both of our hair," Micah said dryly, because hair was always number one on both of their lists of priorities. "It's a real job. Research position. But you're right, as much as he wants to work there, I don't know that he will forever." At least he hoped not.

"College jobs are hard to come by," he said, though. "That's why I'm still a postdoc as it is. There's a lot more math phds than there are professorships. But you never know, I guess. Something could pop up." He'd put feelers out, though, and the only bite he'd gotten so far was from, well. A community college.