Claire blinked in surprise when Shane moved to sit next to her. Her gaze went to the food and she couldn't help feeling pretty flattered. He was passing up on shoveling his face full of food to spend more time with her. She laced their fingers together as she stared down at them with a look of happiness.
"Here?"
She looked up at him and it took a moment for her mind to fully understand. "Oh! Tony Stark owns Stark Industries here and Doctor Bruce Banner teaches at the college. I work for him as a lab assistant. Even before I lived with them they worried cause I wasn't eating enough or something."
Claire had been pretty bad at remembering to eat or sleep when she lived by herself. Before the stint of living on her own, she had lived with Vlad of all people. They had barely interacted and she didn't really want to tell Shane that may have lived with the big bad vampire from stories. There wasn't anything either of them could do now.
A startled laugh escaped her when he cracked a joke about getting a job. "The horror indeed!" She made a face right back at him. God, she was so happy he was in Salem. Sure, she wished they lived in the same house together again, but she was glad he was even around.
"At some point I am going to have to visit your place. Make sure it isn't a complete mess."