Will should probably have guessed that Reid would have vampire CIs here in Darrow, knowing what he knows about them so far. It's such a strange concept, and his mental image is comical, something like Dracula meeting Reid on a street corner somewhere and agreeing to pass on information. It bothers Will a bit that the vampires committing the murders are afraid of exposure, but that their connections don't know enough about them to provide useful data on how they might be stopped. It's a disconnect again fostered by things that are unknown because they're outside the realm of Will's basic understanding of biology and possibility, but Will doesn't know how to fill in those gaps. He should sit down and talk to Molly about the vampires she knows at least; it could give him a better starting off point than he's been able to find on his own.
"How often do you hear from your contacts?" he asks, because he knows it's been a few weeks since the last attach, and the pause worries him some. If the murders are a result of the vampires needing to feed, then he'd suspect they'd be more regular and less spotty. Of course he has no idea what the metabolism of a vampire is, and how often they need to have blood in order to survive. That's probably another one of those things that specific to each kind of vampire. There are so many unknowns, and if anything makes Will unease it's having gaps in his ability to understand a killer's motivation.
Then Reid tells him about his girlfriend who was killed, and he cringes, feeling guilty for stumbling into that territory. But that part of the story is only the beginning of what Reid is telling him, the fact that he'd suspected he'd be alone and then he found unexpected love, only to have it taken away from him. Will knows how that feels to a degree, though he's never felt anything that was perfectly symmetrical until he met Molly. He finds himself smiling a bit when Reid starts talking about Luke, about finding exactly your equal, the person to balance you, to see your faults and love you despite them. Will and Molly haven't talked about love, and they're not there yet, but it's coming, Will can feel it.
"I've never dated, not really," Will tells Reid, turning his coffee cup 180 degrees on the table top. "I've never been in love. It's hard to quiet all the things in your head, to relax enough to let someone in. But Molly..." He takes a breath, and he knows he shouldn't worry what Reid will think about what Molly is; he's Will's partner and Will trusts him, and they're investigating vampires together. He doesn't think it's going to faze Reid all that much to know that Molly is a wizard.
"She's different. And not just a special and amazing woman, because she is those things. She's intelligent and strong and self sufficient, especially for being only 25," he says, feeling proud to say all those things about someone who has chosen to be with him. "She's magical," he tells Reid finally, raising his eyes to Reid's face. "She can read me because, somehow, on some level, we connect more than just emotionally and intellectually. I can feel her energy, and she can feel mine. She's a wizard, which sounds so... insane and crazy, but I know it's true. I believe her, I trust her." He stops himself there, because he's starting to shake a little with his nerves, worried what Reid is going to say in response to this revelation.
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Date: 2016-01-02 04:35 am (UTC)"How often do you hear from your contacts?" he asks, because he knows it's been a few weeks since the last attach, and the pause worries him some. If the murders are a result of the vampires needing to feed, then he'd suspect they'd be more regular and less spotty. Of course he has no idea what the metabolism of a vampire is, and how often they need to have blood in order to survive. That's probably another one of those things that specific to each kind of vampire. There are so many unknowns, and if anything makes Will unease it's having gaps in his ability to understand a killer's motivation.
Then Reid tells him about his girlfriend who was killed, and he cringes, feeling guilty for stumbling into that territory. But that part of the story is only the beginning of what Reid is telling him, the fact that he'd suspected he'd be alone and then he found unexpected love, only to have it taken away from him. Will knows how that feels to a degree, though he's never felt anything that was perfectly symmetrical until he met Molly. He finds himself smiling a bit when Reid starts talking about Luke, about finding exactly your equal, the person to balance you, to see your faults and love you despite them. Will and Molly haven't talked about love, and they're not there yet, but it's coming, Will can feel it.
"I've never dated, not really," Will tells Reid, turning his coffee cup 180 degrees on the table top. "I've never been in love. It's hard to quiet all the things in your head, to relax enough to let someone in. But Molly..." He takes a breath, and he knows he shouldn't worry what Reid will think about what Molly is; he's Will's partner and Will trusts him, and they're investigating vampires together. He doesn't think it's going to faze Reid all that much to know that Molly is a wizard.
"She's different. And not just a special and amazing woman, because she is those things. She's intelligent and strong and self sufficient, especially for being only 25," he says, feeling proud to say all those things about someone who has chosen to be with him. "She's magical," he tells Reid finally, raising his eyes to Reid's face. "She can read me because, somehow, on some level, we connect more than just emotionally and intellectually. I can feel her energy, and she can feel mine. She's a wizard, which sounds so... insane and crazy, but I know it's true. I believe her, I trust her." He stops himself there, because he's starting to shake a little with his nerves, worried what Reid is going to say in response to this revelation.