❝ newbie, i - ❞ the last few days have been bad to say the very least. most days with murder and mayhem are bad, of course, but the case they’d been on had brought her team home safe if not as sound as they were before they were faced with the evil they’d found in a small town in montana. tentatively, she puts her hand his and she can only hope that it doesn’t give anything she’s feeling away when her eyes meet his. she SO BADLY wants to provide the comfort that he needs, comfort that usually comes so easily for her to share with the team, but she’s not sure she can without opening the parts of her that she can’t bring herself to bare. not to him. not yet. it’s selfish, she knows, but she’s not ready to face what she doesn’t even like to acknowledge to herself. let alone alone anyone else. ❝ luke, i know that it seems like there isn’t a reason right now and this case -- the things we saw in the last couple of days were horrible. but i have to believe that even though we can’t see the reason yet, there is one. i have to believe that or i don’t know that i’ll ever be able to walk into this building ever again. i wish i could tell you that it’s always easy to find the reason that you’re looking for but it’s -- it’s just not. ❞