The second that Nate felt the change in Lucien he moved back up the bed, hands cupping his face and speaking softly, "Hey, come on, come back to me my love. It's you and me, nobody can hurt us. Nobody else matters" his gentle fingers stroked over Lucien's cheeks as he looked at him in concern.
They needed to find a way through this. He didn't like to see his love feeling this way.