"Good hands,"

Benjy went bright red as Plum complimented him. "I uh.... t-thanks." He was running his hand through his hair again, a nervous twitch. He had developed quite good reflexes over the years. Whether it be catching something that River had thrown at him, or something one of his Aurors had thrown his way to get it to him faster. River had been giving them quite a bit of a workout since she had gotten back. The two of them were always throwing things at each other. Not in a violent, 'I want to hit you' sort of way. Just in a passing things to each other sort of way.

"Oh, you don't give her enough credit,"

Benjy took another nervous swig of his beer. Shure he had said that he was only going to have one, but girls made him nervous. Especially pretty girls like plum, and he wanted to calm his nerves a little. "I was um... o-only joking P-plum. I know River is a p-p-perfectly capable girl." Oh god he hoped Leathan couldn't hear them. benjy would never hear the end of it if one of his Aurors found out he had trouble talking to a girl.

"I don't like my job,"

Benjy felt rather horrid as she looked away from him. He hadn't meant to upset her. Their careers were supposed to be a safe subject that they could talk about. "I am s-sorry P-plum. I really d-didn't mean t-ttto upset you. W-w-we don't have to talk about it if you don't w-want to." His hand came out to rub her arm, a rather bold move for Benjy. "We can talk about something else if you like." Wow, a whole sentence without stuttering.