[Teddy's fine with that. He knows that just about everyone who went on that draft should probably just cry for a while, even someone who's strong like Mia. That was a horror that no one could come back quite the same from, and the loss they all felt is deep within them. It's a loss he can't identify with, but by god, he does not want that to be the reason why people shut him away.
So for more reasons than one, it's a relief to feel her cry against his shoulder. It's a dam being broken as well as a friend being trusted.
He rubs circles into her back, continuing to whisper comforting nonsense, just to give a soothing voice in return for making her breath catch like it did earlier. Holds her like she means something, because she does, and he hadn't been lying when he said he was glad to see her back in the draft. He was glad to see her alive.]
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So for more reasons than one, it's a relief to feel her cry against his shoulder. It's a dam being broken as well as a friend being trusted.
He rubs circles into her back, continuing to whisper comforting nonsense, just to give a soothing voice in return for making her breath catch like it did earlier. Holds her like she means something, because she does, and he hadn't been lying when he said he was glad to see her back in the draft. He was glad to see her alive.]