[ the tears start out strong, but he's deflating fast for the shelter raleigh's arms provide him. it's easy to just stay, suspended there, leeching what comfort he can from the other man's warmth. a man who'd been through almost exactly what he had. he appreciates that raleigh doesn't argue with him, even if it leaves him with an empty spot in the pit of his belly, perhaps somewhere an empty assurance would have gone. he prefers the silence, or even david agreeing with him - that he had killed them - only to take it back with an apology moments later. ]
I was... I was on my way to the VA when I came here. [ it's ridiculous. his first real therapy session and it had been usurped by a space kidnapping. a wet sob morphs into an unsteady laugh as he slowly pulls back, wiping his face on his jumpsuit sleeve and patting raleigh's arm with the other hand in gratitude. ]
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I was... I was on my way to the VA when I came here. [ it's ridiculous. his first real therapy session and it had been usurped by a space kidnapping. a wet sob morphs into an unsteady laugh as he slowly pulls back, wiping his face on his jumpsuit sleeve and patting raleigh's arm with the other hand in gratitude. ]