[Makes a soft sound at that - comforted by the touch]
[Runs his hands down his back and pulls him in closer, shaking his head just a little]
... I wish you could see how I feel about you. [He knows you've been through so much, and don't think you're worthwhile, think that everyone will leave you or be hurt because of you - but those are things he's never felt about him. Maybe it'd help. Maybe it wouldn't. But it'd be better than only having to feel this.]