They're discussing a fictional crime against Nancy Drew in a cave behind a waterfall and yet Mathias can't remember the last time he's had a more successful or interesting date. He turns his hand up, his knuckles bumping gently against Veronica's palm before he laces his fingers with hers.

"I am too innocent looking as well," he decides, his smile widening. "No one would ever really believe that I could do anything wrong."