[She doesn't recognize this feeling. This overwhelmed, panicked thing because this isn't her. It isn't how she reacts to things. She's strong and stoic and she persists no matter what she loses and how much it hurts. Except she's not. Not anymore. Not since she let those walls that were guarding her fall so that she could let people in again. Let love in again. If they were under attack right now she'd still know what to do, but having this flash of fear of losing someone else she cares about because or her? She doesn't know what to do with that.
Before she realizes she's moving, she's slipped down to the floor and wraps her arms around him, hiding her face against his shoulder. He hasn't left. That doesn't have to happen. She just needs to steady herself.]