"I'll come up with something else," Reid says, and though he may sound as if he's teasing, he's already coming up with the different sorts of things he could take in lieu of sweaters.

That Alec doesn't tend to get gifts really just prompts Reid to want to provide him with more, not out of any need for gratitude or anything in return, simply because he knows how importance it is to feel like someone cares. He realizes that handing out material items isn't the only way to show that Alec is important to him, and Alec is surely well aware by now of how many people are really looking out for him; but at the same time, it's such a small gesture that Reid doesn't see any real reason to put a complete stop to it.

Maybe a subtle gift of a book here, a surprise lunch there, things that can be passed off as casual. He'd like to do the same for Isabelle, as soon as he's able to get a fuller idea of what she may be interested in.

"As for my hair, I'd argue it was never that bad," he says, tucking a loose strand behind his ear. "At a certain point, it was just below the shoulders. Kind of a starving artist situation. In my defense, I'd been recovering from being shot in the knee so hair maintenance wasn't my highest priority."