"Shh, I'm not blaming you." TJ scooted closer until he could press gentle kisses to the side of Travis' neck. It was the only way he knew how to comfort someone, touch and affection. Still, there was only so much he could touch without hurting his lover. "God, Travis, I know it's not your fault. It's just...Watching and listening to you in that kind of pain...I'm scared because you mean so much to me and I came so close to losing you." He brushed his fingertips over Travis' jaw, his lips, then kissed him softly. "I love you too much not to be scared when you come so close to dying on me. But, I'll be okay. I just need to kiss you a lot to make sure you're real," he finished, teasing lightly.
"I'll do anything I can for you," he promised softly, not limiting that promise to just using his power that night, even if he didn't say as much out loud.
"Travis..." TJ was pretty sure his heart was in his eyes, even if it was possibly too dark to see it and his own power was dampening his ability to experience the surge of emotion he knew would be there otherwise. Of all the things he might have expected to hear, this wasn't one of them. Pushing back up on his elbow, he reached up to take Travis' left hand in his own left hand, their matching rings making a quiet clink as they brushed. "I love you. So fucking much I can't imagine being without you." The words were right, but there wasn't the roughness to his voice that would have been there if he hadn't created the calm that always seemed to separate him from his other emotions. "I want that, too, so you'd better make sure the rest of your life is a very, very long time," he added with a smile.
Kissing his lover one last time, he settled back down as close as he dared without adding more pain, hoping his nearness would let Travis relax enough to sleep. Maybe Travis wasn't saying it, but he'd been shot because he was protecting TJ. TJ knew that, knew that if it had been the piano that set Derek off, Travis hadn't been the intended target. "Try to sleep." He brushed his lips against Travis' shoulder, whispering softly. "I'll be right here."