Over the weekend, we got the resolution to this winter’s most harrowing wildlife drama: After a tumultuous mating season, Liberty and Justice, the area’s longest-lasting bald eagle couple, are officially back together. The two were seen on camera mating Saturday afternoon.

First, some background: Liberty and Justice have lived together in a nest above the police academy in Southwest for at least 14 years. Eagles are monogamous, and generally mate for life. This duo has raised many bald eaglets together over the years, and their devoted fans have watched their journey every year via the Earth Conservation Corp’s live camera feed of their nest. This year, things have not gone well for the couple. After an on-schedule mating session, Justice suddenly disappeared from the nest, and was not seen for 18 days. Liberty laid two eggs in his absence, and struggled to incubate them alone while fending off numerous suitors wanting to lay claim to her and her desirable nest. Eventually, it seemed that Liberty was ready to move on with a handsome young eagle by the name of M2.

But then, in a twist that shocked the eagle-watching world, nearly three weeks after he disappeared (and long after Liberty had given up on trying to incubate her eggs), Justice came back. It’s still unclear why exactly he disappeared in the first place, though it’s possible he was hurt in a duel with one of Liberty’s first suitors, Aaron Burrd.

So many questions hung in the air—how would Liberty react to the reappearance of her long lost love? Would their history trump her new feelings for M2, who had valiantly tried to help her incubate her eggs in Justice’s absence?

On Friday morning, the pair was seen in their nest for the first time since ECC moderators first identified Justice hanging around the nest again. They had a bit of a tense encounter: Liberty was trying to eat her daily breakfast fish at the nest when Justice suddenly flew in, surprising his estranged partner. Liberty responded with lots of warning squawks and angry ruffled feathers, particularly when Justice tried to take some of her fish. A rocky reunion, to be sure, but a reunion nonetheless.

And then, on Saturday, we all got our answer. It appears that Liberty has ditched her new flame and opted to hop back in the sack with Justice. The two were caught on camera mating on a branch near their nest shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday (video here).

They haven’t been caught on camera engaging in such behaviors again, but the two lovebirds have been flying in and out of their nest, eating fish together and roosting together in a spot just away from the view of the cameras. They appear to have picked up the mundane domestic life they shared together before things imploded a few weeks ago.

Unfortunately, because eagles are only fertile for two weeks each year, Liberty’s time has probably passed, and the eggs she laid earlier this year are goners. The pair will spend this mating season as empty-nesters, working to mend their relationship.