the witness protection students seem perfectly nice -- no, exceptionally nice, and even when he was accosted by luce during the lockdown, he only felt worse for them than he already has. it feels like gallagher and the u.s marshal service or the fbi or whoever was tasked with protecting the georgetown students are being unfair, at this point. and grayson has been keeping his distance out of fear, both of slipping up and of growing attached to people he knows will leave soon. so perhaps he’s made a mistake where allie is concerned and it’s probably too much to hope that, one day, if he doesn’t continue on as a spy, he could maintain some kind of a friendship with her. even if he’s forced to pretend he’s an american the entire time. he gingerly picks up the sandwich, examining it like he hasn’t had it many times before. “not to sound like an idiot, but...what is apple butter, really? just exactly what it sounds like?” / @bcketts