[The blood drains from her face and Scott reaches out. She sways and he steps closer. She takes his guilt, all of their guilt, and balances it on her shoulders, and he pulls her into a hug. He doesn't know what else to do. Alan was the same - he doesn't have the words to convince them, he doesn't know what to say, so he does the only thing he can do.
He'll hold her, for as long as she'll let him, because she didn't break them. She didn't hurt them. Her loss hurt, but not a mistake, not...
He can't even find the words in his head. His arms tighten, and his eyes close.]
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He'll hold her, for as long as she'll let him, because she didn't break them. She didn't hurt them. Her loss hurt, but not a mistake, not...
He can't even find the words in his head. His arms tighten, and his eyes close.]