[ Oh boy. At the first sob Raleigh realizes that this... has escalated a bit more than he was anticipating, honestly, but he's got it. He's not much of a crier himself, it just makes him feel kind of stuffy and sick so he nips it at the first prick of tears, but he won't begrudge someone who is comfortable enough to do so. Who might get some kind of release from it. Max moves out of the way and Frank scoots close enough that the hug becomes more natural, that Raleigh can just focus on holding him steady.
...that's a serious load of bullshit, though. Grief and guilt tangled together making the other man blame himself for the actions of murderers, which Raleigh sort of gets but is just objectively wrong. He wonders, quietly, if this is how Mako feels when he says he was responsible for Yancy's death. That kneejerk instinct to deny the possibility, except he's used to being on the other side of things where it feels like reality. So he doesn't try to argue it, just rubs Frank's back a little and lets him get it all out. ]
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...that's a serious load of bullshit, though. Grief and guilt tangled together making the other man blame himself for the actions of murderers, which Raleigh sort of gets but is just objectively wrong. He wonders, quietly, if this is how Mako feels when he says he was responsible for Yancy's death. That kneejerk instinct to deny the possibility, except he's used to being on the other side of things where it feels like reality. So he doesn't try to argue it, just rubs Frank's back a little and lets him get it all out. ]