Luke has a hard time identifying attraction from other guys because he is in love with Noah. Like how Reg told him that he was attracted to him. Luke doesn’t know what he feels for Reid. In his mind, Reid is another guy who is attracted to Luke and understands what hurts Luke’s heart. Reid knows that Noah made it difficult for Luke to get over the accident and pushing the issue to a point where Luke will choose Reid over Noah.
This started when Luke and Reid kissed for the first time in Dallas. Luke was all jumpy and weird about it when they got back to Oakdale. Now they are in the process of having sex.
Reid feels more than he likes people to believe. He is only acting like that because he developed genuine feelings for Luke and he doesn’t know how to handle it. He is jealous because Noah is wanting to reunite with Luke and he just started liking Luke that way. So it’s difficult to separate those feelings from what’s happening on the surface.
The way Reid is with Luke now versus when he first met him in person. This is different. Reid knows that Luke is hurt and angry so he knows how to calm him down. Reid dealt with Katie crying about her late husband’s daughter having cancer and now he is helping Luke through his tough time dealing with Noah and him being the hospital.
Honestly, Reid is a changed man and that’s because of Luke. Luke brought out the best qualities in Reid and Reid brought out the vulnerable qualities in Luke.
Luke hadn’t disclosed the whole Mason thing to Reid because he didn’t want Reid to leave him the way Noah did. Reid is not like Noah, he doesn’t walk away from Luke because he is vulnerable to attacks.
Luke is a bit nervous about having that with someone other than Noah. He should make sure that he is in a positive place before making a decision like that.
Reid acted like a brother to Luke even when he didn’t like him at the start. Now look at him, Reid is protective over Katie because he knows how long it takes her to trust herself to fall in love with someone again. Same thing with Luke, he knows how hard it is to want someone who doesn’t appreciate everything you do for them.
Reid isn’t really considering that Luke is hurt by his choice to walk away from the relationship. I mean, Luke had been in love with Noah for a long time and it’s hard to get over someone like that. Reid should show more respect for that. I might need to remind you that Luke had a crush on Kevin through high school and then got himself addicted to alcohol which is the cause of the kidney problems. So Reid doesn’t know that Luke had a crush on Kevin. Luke should’ve disclosed this to Reid before they started seeing each other.
Luke’s weakness could be his generosity or his kindness. People can take advantage of his kind heart like Noah. Reid would never take advantage of Luke’s kindness because he loves him.
That was hot. I love how Reid is so gentle with Luke. He won’t pressure or force Luke into anything that he’s not ready for. That shows that he loves him. Noah has showed that he didn’t really love Luke enough to know that he is human and never considers that maybe Luke would trade places with him if he saw Noah kiss someone on New Years Eve
Noah hurt Luke and Reid knows that. He won’t let Noah do it again. If Noah had done something to hurt Luke by beating him up. Reid would definitely would not allow Noah to be anywhere near Luke.
I like how much mature that Luke is now. He’s not going by the rule he made when he met Noah. Right guy or no guy at all rule. He is mature when he is challenged by someone else other than Noah. Noah broke up with him when he kissed Brian and left him heartbroken. Reid fixed Luke’s heartache and finding someone that understands those values is rare. People like Reid don’t come very often.
If Luke had gone to Bay City to pick up that heart for Chris. He would’ve gotten hit by that train and brought back to the hospital while Reid was still working. Reid would definitely be the one losing his mind and crying and begging Luke not to leave him.
