Reid listened quietly, continuing to play the song, but he cocked his head to hear her above the music of the piano.
"You can't tell. You sound nice," he said absently, not even intending it to be a compliment so much as a gentle statement of fact. He rarely hands out compliments for the sake of them, preferring to talk about fact and information. In this case, it's fact to him.
Come to think of it, this may have been the most relaxed he had been around Heather. For some reason, she seemed to come along when he was tense or twitchy about something. It was nice to do something nice. For a moment, the music and holiday cheer almost made him want to sing with her, but Reid was a thousand times more shy than Heather.
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"You can't tell. You sound nice," he said absently, not even intending it to be a compliment so much as a gentle statement of fact. He rarely hands out compliments for the sake of them, preferring to talk about fact and information. In this case, it's fact to him.
Come to think of it, this may have been the most relaxed he had been around Heather. For some reason, she seemed to come along when he was tense or twitchy about something. It was nice to do something nice. For a moment, the music and holiday cheer almost made him want to sing with her, but Reid was a thousand times more shy than Heather.