[Was it so surprising that Jason had read him that well? After all, it wasn't Edward who put up a front for most of the time they were together. Sure, there was a difference between the man sitting across from him and the man at the office party, but not nearly as much of one as he might like to think.

Sharp-witted, brilliant, a little bit narcissistic. The smartest man in the room and well aware of that fact. But still...awkward. Uninvited to join the close circle of co-workers, even if he'd wanted to, so he made it a point to never want to. To bring someone in to show off that he didn't have to join that circle because he had one of his own.

Sometimes being raised by a man who devoted his life to being a detective was a detriment for his social regulation.

Smirking a little, he shrugged his shoulder as he reached out to set his drink back down.]

I try not to, but I still somehow manage to make every single one of my siblings groan if I so much as suggest a book to them. Well, not every one. Dami has been spared. I moved out before he came around.

[He was from the system, right? Surely having a sibling 'come around' instead of simply being born was understandable, right?]

I read with Lian, though. She's a good chunk of the way through the Narnia series. I helped her pick it out a while ago and we read through the first couple together, but she's pretty much just reading to me now.

[He didn't bother trying to hide his proud smile as he finished off the last of his burger.]