[He wanted to reply but by now his throat was so closed up with emotion that he couldn't get a single word out. Instead he tightened the embrace, clutching desperately at the other to the point where it actually had to hurt just a little - he wanted him, he couldn't cope without him.
For a good long while he remained silent, sniffling and swallowing and trying his hardest to get the tremors to die out, but his voice was still strained when he spoke up, words vibrating with frailty into Helix's shoulder.]