They've spent hardly any social time together at all, save for lunch or coffee within the station. Something like this, talking over a meal in a diner, hasn't been typical for them, but Reid finds Graham's company as pleasant here as he does at the station. Save for the discussion about blood spray and neck trauma, they could probably pass for just meeting up as friends. He's had more of those, friends, here in Darrow than he has anywhere else in his life, which Reid thinks would probably elicit sympathy from some people but for himself, he only feels content.
There are people in this city who care about him, genuinely care about him, and it has nothing to do with what skills he can offer when it comes to solving a case. He'd never say that was the only thing his teammates liked about him, they'd treated him as family because that's what they were; but in spite of that, he remains convinced that if they hadn't met him through the job, they likely wouldn't have looked past the way he presents himself on the surface. He knows he's awkward, sometimes a bit alienating with the way he rambles on and on, but the friends he's made here seem to embrace it. One man in particular even loves him for it.
"Maybe not," Reid agrees with a low chuckle, "though I doubt anyone's really trying to eavesdrop on us." There are only a few other tables seated in the diner, and the waitresses gathered behind the counter are engaged in animated conversation. Nobody's listening to them, of that he's certain. "I've only come across vampires of the more dangerous sort a couple times, but they're immensely strong." Luke had been forced to change completely into his wolf form to kill the vampire that had attacked them, though Reid isn't sure whether or not that was just to buy them enough time to leave before any others could come after them, too. "Their biology, as you can imagine, would be nothing like ours. Whatever it is about the way they feed is what has to be affecting the victims like that."
He clears his throat before taking a sip of his coffee when Graham asks him his plans, and Reid isn't at all embarrassed to talk about who he's dating but at the same time, it isn't something he often discusses with colleagues. Graham isn't just a colleague, though, he's his partner, someone Reid has come to trust.
"Nothing concrete," he says truthfully. After a brief pause, he meets Graham's eyes. "My boyfriend and I, we usually just order in and relax at home on the weekdays. What about you, anything special?"
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There are people in this city who care about him, genuinely care about him, and it has nothing to do with what skills he can offer when it comes to solving a case. He'd never say that was the only thing his teammates liked about him, they'd treated him as family because that's what they were; but in spite of that, he remains convinced that if they hadn't met him through the job, they likely wouldn't have looked past the way he presents himself on the surface. He knows he's awkward, sometimes a bit alienating with the way he rambles on and on, but the friends he's made here seem to embrace it. One man in particular even loves him for it.
"Maybe not," Reid agrees with a low chuckle, "though I doubt anyone's really trying to eavesdrop on us." There are only a few other tables seated in the diner, and the waitresses gathered behind the counter are engaged in animated conversation. Nobody's listening to them, of that he's certain. "I've only come across vampires of the more dangerous sort a couple times, but they're immensely strong." Luke had been forced to change completely into his wolf form to kill the vampire that had attacked them, though Reid isn't sure whether or not that was just to buy them enough time to leave before any others could come after them, too. "Their biology, as you can imagine, would be nothing like ours. Whatever it is about the way they feed is what has to be affecting the victims like that."
He clears his throat before taking a sip of his coffee when Graham asks him his plans, and Reid isn't at all embarrassed to talk about who he's dating but at the same time, it isn't something he often discusses with colleagues. Graham isn't just a colleague, though, he's his partner, someone Reid has come to trust.
"Nothing concrete," he says truthfully. After a brief pause, he meets Graham's eyes. "My boyfriend and I, we usually just order in and relax at home on the weekdays. What about you, anything special?"