[And for the whole of that minute, she simply watches him, intent and fascinated and fully standing by the statement she's just made. It doesn't take a genius to see that he is brilliant, but in her own way, she can understand where his shyness stems from, too. She remembers what it was like to never quite fit in with her peers, feeling more comfortable with books and facts, learning volumes upon volumes of trivia while never quite perfecting the more everyday pursuits of interacting with others. She doesn't know the details of how Reid dealt with the experience in his own youth, but it's clear he didn't cope in the way she chose. He withdrew, became guarded, learned to escape notice — and she simply decided to stand out so much that they couldn't help but take notice.
She likes to fix problems, and Reid himself is a problem to solve, just as much as their choice of locale was. Fortunately, there are some facets of this one that are almost as easy as their setting was — because he is brilliant, and that's always been something she's loved in the people she's tempted into chasing her.
She watches him think, rapt and attentive, and there's a beautiful moment when she can almost see it click.
The request to close her eyes, on the other hand, she doesn't see coming. And that's entertaining in a completely different way.]
Surprise me, then.
[She makes sure he's watching before very deliberately closing her eyes.]
no subject
[And for the whole of that minute, she simply watches him, intent and fascinated and fully standing by the statement she's just made. It doesn't take a genius to see that he is brilliant, but in her own way, she can understand where his shyness stems from, too. She remembers what it was like to never quite fit in with her peers, feeling more comfortable with books and facts, learning volumes upon volumes of trivia while never quite perfecting the more everyday pursuits of interacting with others. She doesn't know the details of how Reid dealt with the experience in his own youth, but it's clear he didn't cope in the way she chose. He withdrew, became guarded, learned to escape notice — and she simply decided to stand out so much that they couldn't help but take notice.
She likes to fix problems, and Reid himself is a problem to solve, just as much as their choice of locale was. Fortunately, there are some facets of this one that are almost as easy as their setting was — because he is brilliant, and that's always been something she's loved in the people she's tempted into chasing her.
She watches him think, rapt and attentive, and there's a beautiful moment when she can almost see it click.
The request to close her eyes, on the other hand, she doesn't see coming. And that's entertaining in a completely different way.]
Surprise me, then.
[She makes sure he's watching before very deliberately closing her eyes.]