After a few years of working at the DOV, Sam’s become somewhat of an expert at recognising when people are showing up for the first time. There’s always a certain look on their faces, this insecurity, a question of if they should really be here or not, but also, most of the time, a little bit of relief, like coming home after a long time away. Plus, of course, considering all the time he spends here, if their face doesn’t look familiar, they probably haven’t been here before.
Therefore, it doesn’t take him very long to notice the new guy. He doesn’t say anything at first, just starts the meeting with a general welcome to everyone, thanks them for coming, starts the meeting like he always does. He’s not that surprised when the new guy stays quiet, it’s not that unusual, but— well, he makes a note to try to catch him after the meeting, at least. The worst thing is when a new face shows up, once, and then never again. He can’t help but wonder about those, sometimes, what’s happened to them, if he could have done something more.
Thankfully, he doesn’t have to try very hard to catch this one, since he comes up to him after the meeting. Sam can’t help but smile back at him, a little relieved. “Of course,” he says, waving off the guy’s thanks. He wants to say it’s his job, but— well, it’s not just that, not for him.
“You’re new, right? I mean, I haven’t seen you around before,” he says, before offering the guy his hand. “I’m Sam. How about we get some coffee, and I can show you around?” he asked, hoping the guy would accept. He figured coffee would be the best start, get him to stick around, and then hopefully Sam could help him with whatever it was he needed.
Dave isn’t sure where he was planning to go with this but now that he is talking to this guy, there isn’t really a going-back-option. Not that he wants to. After all, he seems nice. “I’m Dave and yes, I’m new here.” he confirms with a small handshake.
He hesitates when Sam asks for a coffee. What if Klaus got worried because he isn’t coming back? Nah. He has his phone on him so if anything’s wrong he could just text him, right? Plus he had already been told to ‘get a life’ by Five so this could be a step in the right direction.
“Yeah, why not? Coffee sounds good.” Dave finally accepts, rather nervous. He hasn’t talked to anyone outside of the Academy since coming here. What if he just doesn’t know how things work? After all, he is from an entirely different time. The thoughts are going wild in his head but he tries to just focus on what’s happening and not on what could maybe happen.