Hearing the familiar voice, Derek looks up from his paperwork with a smile....which immediately falls away when he sees how exhausted she looks. "Hey...yeah," he replies, looking concerned and gesturing to the seat beside himself. She's wearing an ORANGE jumpsuit, but Derek doesn't really know what that means for her responsibilities or schedule; he just knows it means she doesn't sleep in his room anymore and that's bullshit; he hates that.
"I could ask you the same thing," he adds, because she doesn't look okay to him, not even a little, and it's been a couple of days since he's seen her. ORANGE does not appear to be treating Buffy terribly well so far and that thought makes Derek frown. "What's going on...?"
He tries not to make mention of the elephants in the room — her fatigued appearance and the ORANGE jumpsuit — because Derek doesn't really want to discuss either of them right now as much as he just wants to make sure his friend is okay. She's clearly not happy, but safe and 'okay' would be passable, he supposes, right now.
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"I could ask you the same thing," he adds, because she doesn't look okay to him, not even a little, and it's been a couple of days since he's seen her. ORANGE does not appear to be treating Buffy terribly well so far and that thought makes Derek frown. "What's going on...?"
He tries not to make mention of the elephants in the room — her fatigued appearance and the ORANGE jumpsuit — because Derek doesn't really want to discuss either of them right now as much as he just wants to make sure his friend is okay. She's clearly not happy, but safe and 'okay' would be passable, he supposes, right now.