Both arms close around him, holding him tight. "It'd be nice. We already almost are, and..." Small shrug. He isn't sure how to say, it'd just be nice to have that kind of ... solidity, maybe?

"But you've got your thing going. And I know you like it being different from our thing, which..." Small little sigh, because this is just awkward and he's not explaining it very well. Reid's dating record was, heh, questionable at best. And they were something else. Not dating, but something special and unique and them. "It's just our thing. And if you want it to be just our thing, that's okay too."