[Throat full of glass Aidan swallowed sharply, stubbornly, refusing to let the overwhelming feeling of sickening helplessness overtake him. He wanted to cry or puke or both, but he couldn't allow himself to even think about how this made him feel because when it came down to it this was all about Helix. It was his pain, his traumatic event, and no matter how horrifying it was Aidan could not let himself get too affected by it.
A rock. He had to be a rock and so he was just that.]
Hey... [Softly, that hand slipping up to gently caress the pale downs at the back of Helix's head.] 's okay. It's goin' to be okay.
[Of course, it wasn't okay. That this happened wasn't okay, that Helix had been taken against his will wasn't okay, that he was forced to take someone's life wasn't okay. None of it was okay and when it came down to it Aidan wasn't sure if it ever would be.
But this. That he was brave enough to tell him, that he allowed himself to be weak enough to need him... that was okay. And maybe, if Helix caught the meaning behind those inappropriate words, everything else could be okay too with time.]