-1Caleb was just about to knock on the dorm door when it opened and Tyler appeared. The younger Son closed the door behind him and looked up at the older one with a sigh.
"How's he doing?" Caleb asked, though from the vibe he was getting of Reid's Power, he knew the answer and it wasn't good.
"He's being Reid," Tyler shrugged, "Acting like a tough guy wise-ass, you know, but, uh.. he's hurting, he's mad… I think he just wants to be alone."
"Yeah… definitely being Reid." They shared a small smile that faded. "Hey, I'll go in, try to talk to him. Pogue's bitching because Reid kicked him out before, wanna try to deal with him?"
Tyler rolled his eyes and lightly shouldered past Caleb. "Yeah, thanks, stick me with hot-head," He murmured jokingly and rolled his eyes.
Caleb smiled a bit and watched as Tyler walked down a hall for a moment before he knocked on the door. He did it more for Reid to know that he was there, and he didn't expect a response, so he just opened the door and went in.
The dorm room was dark, with only slivers of light coming from the edges of the thick curtains on the windows. Caleb could make out Reid's figure laying down on his bed, on his stomach with his head under a pillow.
"You'll smother yourself like that," Caleb commented as he shrugged his coat off and discarded it onto Tyler's bed.
"So?" Came Reid's muffled response.
Caleb let out a sigh and took a seat on the edge of the bed. "So, what good would that do?"
Reid grunted in reply and shrugged his shoulders.
"Reid, c'mon, your dad--"
"My dad what?" Reid snapped and pushed himself up on his arms, the pillow fell to the side. He met Caleb's surprised eyes with a heated glare and continued, "He wouldn't want to see me like this? He'd want me to be happy? What the fuck do you know? Just leave me alone and let me mourn in peace."
"If I believed that you could do anything in peace, I would," Caleb replied softly, "But I know you and your mourning isn't going to be peaceful until you Use yourself to death or flood your blood with drugs and booze."
"…still peaceful," Reid muttered and laid back down, turning his back to Caleb.
"Reid,"
Caleb sighed and put a hand on Reid's side soothingly, "You're
gunna get through this… without
driving yourself to the brink of death first. And your mom's worried
sick about you… and so is Tyler… and Pogue… and me."
"Sucks," Reid shrugged and squirmed around to get under his comforter.
Taking that as a cue for him to leave, Caleb got up and reached over to get his coat. "I'll check back later, and, unless Pogue bit Tyler's head off, he'll be around soon, too. Call.. if you need anything, or just to talk, or whatever."
When he didn't get a response, Caleb put his coat on and headed towards the door. He had just turned the doorknob when he heard a reluctant 'stop'. He looked back towards Reid and saw him sitting up and staring down at the floor.
"Stay," Reid added in a whisper and Caleb gave him a reassuring smile. He shrugged his coat back off and tossed it to the side.
"All you had to do was ask," he told the blonde and took a seat on the bed again. He kicked his shoes off before settling in next to Reid. "Tyler won't get jealous, will he?"
Reid cracked a barely there smile and pulled Caleb to him.
Everything would be okay.
