"But not where you should be," He says with the gentlest tease, giving his hand a gentle squeeze back. He shifts, leg half up and bent at the knee, his other still hanging down with his foot on the floor, gesturing him to come closer.

"Come here?" Because he knows how talking about things that are important and upsetting can be exhausting. Emotional labor had been the hardest thing he'd done on board, whether it was from stress or just therapy, he was always left bone tired.