"Grace?" Boyd says gently.
"Hmm?" Grace murmurs as she rolls onto her back to look up at Boyd.
"How are we going to tell our colleagues about us? We need to think and talk about this." Boyd reaches behind him for the bottle of wine and tops off his glass and Grace's.
"I don't know how we're going to do this. You're not very good with words, so maybe we need an action that lets everyone in on the situation." Grace suggests.
"What, like a kiss, or an intimate touch or something?" Boyd asks, the confusion evident in his voice.
"Well, a touch may not work. We touch each other all the time, but a kiss might be perfect. We could do it first thing in the morning that way we can answer questions because you know Stella, Eve, and Spence will have some. We just need to be patient with them." Grace says gently.
"Oh joy, my favourite thing to attempt to do: be patient and talk about my feelings. My colleagues better have very few questions and very quick realization. I can't stand too many people. Spence better keep his sharp wit to himself too. He's the one who's going to be most concerned about you being in a relationship with me. You're quite the mother figure for the younger officer in the unit, Grace. They all care a great deal about you." Boyd says sweetly. "You know once when you were away from the unit the kids were all talking about. You keep the unit running Grace."
"I didn't know everyone cared that much. I always thought of us as a family though." Grace says softly.
"Grace you feed them and you listen to them when they're having their darkest moments. You make them feel better. You build them back up when they need it. You've given them a second family to rely on." Boyd says honestly. "When everyone found out you had cancer the mood in the unit changed immediately. We were all so worried about you. They all love you very much."
Grace sighs happily. "I'm glad I can give them that sense of family. I think we all need that sense of family."
"I think we do too. The high ups in the Met think we are too close as a unit, but I think we need to be that close. We can read each other better because we are so close. The unit is working so well because of our connection and that begins with the connections between you and I." Boyd says seriously.
"As long as I trust you and you trust me the team will trust both of us. For, as confident as they all seem to be they have to know they can trust us and we can trust them. They like me, but they truly respect you whether or not they tell you so." Grace reminds Boyd.