Just co-workers? [ pot, meet kettle. she would likely label her colleagues in much the same manner. to do otherwise was to admit weakness, and leia had a thick outer layer that was difficult to penetrate. (luke, forever and always, was the exception to all her rules.)
reid, miraculously, had somehow managed to slip past the outermost layers of her walls with an ease most didn't. especially not in recent years. she wasn't always this tightly wound, this guarded. but time, and the loss of alderaan, had taken its toll. ]
I don't want him here. Having him here makes me feel whole again [ quite literally ], but filling that void isn't a good enough reason for him to remain.