[Oh God, Carmen, it's your goal to make him as flustered as possible, isn't it?
He blushes, but he doesn't really know what to say to that. Is she serious? Is that just a tease? Is it--oh, just move along, Reid, and try not to think too hard about it.]
S-so, uh, right. Just the name unless I'm trying to be condescending, which... okay, yeah, just the name. Got it.
[He clears his throat, making his move a little slower than normal, then taps the mug.]
Well... yeah. It's difficult to be somewhere without any friends or family, especially when you're fifteen. [And it's also difficult to be traumatized the way she is, but he's glossing over that.] I just want her to be happy. And spending a lot of time with me seems to do that, so... [He knows he shouldn't let her be dependent on him, but what else is there to do? She doesn't have many friends, and none that are as close as he is to her. And to be honest, he'd be lying if he said he didn't like spending time with her too--after all, while he's very close to her, she's very close to him. The only difference is that she depends on it and Reid doesn't have to.] Like I said, I really don't know what I'm doing.
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He blushes, but he doesn't really know what to say to that. Is she serious? Is that just a tease? Is it--oh, just move along, Reid, and try not to think too hard about it.]
S-so, uh, right. Just the name unless I'm trying to be condescending, which... okay, yeah, just the name. Got it.
[He clears his throat, making his move a little slower than normal, then taps the mug.]
Well... yeah. It's difficult to be somewhere without any friends or family, especially when you're fifteen. [And it's also difficult to be traumatized the way she is, but he's glossing over that.] I just want her to be happy. And spending a lot of time with me seems to do that, so... [He knows he shouldn't let her be dependent on him, but what else is there to do? She doesn't have many friends, and none that are as close as he is to her. And to be honest, he'd be lying if he said he didn't like spending time with her too--after all, while he's very close to her, she's very close to him. The only difference is that she depends on it and Reid doesn't have to.] Like I said, I really don't know what I'm doing.